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What is the difference between low sodium salt and ordinary salt?

Male  56 years old 2018-04-15
What is the difference between low sodium salt sold in supermarkets and ordinary salt? Can patients with kidney disease eat low sodium salt?

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  • BY Evangeline Pound 2018-04-15
    The main effect of salt on kidney and cardiovascular is sodium. Patients with normal renal function can consume low sodium salt to reduce sodium intake. Compared with ordinary sodium salt, low sodium salt has low sodium content (sodium chloride 70% around), and is rich in potassium (potassium chloride 30% around), which can help the body to balance sodium and potassium, reduce high blood pressure, cardiovascular The risk of disease. However, in patients with renal failure, potassium excretion disorders may cause hyperkalemia after using low sodium salts. Hyperkalemia can cause arrhythmia and even cardiac arrest and death. Hemodialysis patients should pay special attention to avoid eating low sodium salts.
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