Study Finds Potassium-Enriched Salt Could Prevent Nearly 3 Million Deaths
Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health reported that replacing regular table salt with a potassium-enriched blend could avert up to 2.96 million deaths from heart disease, stroke and kidney disease each year, according to a study published in Nature Health, globally. Earlier coverage of the same research, cited by Gizmodo, NDTV and Newsweek, had estimated that the substitution could prevent roughly three million cardiovascular and kidney-related deaths worldwide, and highlighted potential reductions of millions of disease cases.