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Specific Recommendations:

• Potassium products at iHerb
• Vitacost potassium products
• Drugstore.com/GNC potassium products

News & Research:

• Potassium - Vitacost Health Library
• How do I know if I am getting enough potassium? - Dr. Murray
• Low Potassium Levels Linked To Increased Long-Term Mortality In Heart Failure Patients - Science Daily, 6/11/07
• Potassium Citrate Beneficial for Osteopenia - Medscape, 10/23/06
• Potassium citrate supplements linked to thicker bones - Nutra USA, 10/12/06 - "Taking potassium citrate supplements could boost bone mineral density by similar amounts as observed with pharmaceuticals ... At the end of the study, women taking the potassium citrate supplement are reported to have a significant, one per cent increase in BMD in the vertebrae of the lower back (lumbar spine), compared to baseline ... However, the bone mineral density of the lumbar spine of women taking the potassium chloride supplement (none alkaline) was found to have significantly decreased after one year of supplementation, by about one per cent"
• Too Much Potassium? - Dr. Weil, 8/17/06
• Good News for Salt Lovers - New Hope Natural Media Online, 8/3/06 - "The men who ate from the kitchens using potassium-enriched salt were about 40% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than the men who ate from the kitchens using regular salt"
• Salt Substitute May Help Hearts - WebMD, 6/16/06
• Substituting Salt With a Potassium Salt May Benefit Elderly Veterans - Medscape, 6/14/06 - "subjects in the potassium chloride cohort had a hazard ratio of 0.59 for CVD mortality vs the control group ... Subjects in the potassium chloride group enjoyed an increased average life expectancy of 0.3 to 0.9 years vs the control group ... Dietary potassium chloride was associated with a significant reduction in the cost of inpatient care vs sodium chloride, with subjects in the experimental group incurring an average of $426 less inpatient cost per individual"
• Salt Substitute Significantly Reduces Hypertension Amongst Rural Chinese - Science Daily, 3/14/06 - "Among the 600 individuals studied in rural Northern China, the low-sodium high-potassium salt substitute demonstrated that it could reduce blood pressure to about the same extent as single drug therapy"
• Potassium review - ConsumerLab.com, 8/16/05
• Potassium Supplementation Reduces Blood Pressure - Healthwell Exchange Daily News, 10/30/03 - "59 healthy adults between the ages of 25 and 65 years were randomly assigned to receive 600 mg of potassium chloride three times per day or a placebo for six weeks ... Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and MAP all decreased significantly in those taking potassium (by 7.6 mmHg, 6.5 mmHg, and 7.0 mmHg, respectively), compared with initial measurements. A significant increase in blood pressure was observed in those taking placebo"
• Addition of Low-Dose Potassium to Diet Lowers Blood Pressure - Medscape, 8/19/03 - "KCl was administered as 1 slow-release tablet containing 8 mmol KCL taken 3 times daily with meals. This daily dose of potassium is equivalent to the content of 5 portions of fresh fruits and vegetables. At the end of the 6-week intervention, the 30 subjects who took potassium showed significant decreases in SBP and DBP (7.60 and 6.46 mm Hg, respectively)"
• Remember Sodium? We're Still Getting Too Much - Intelihealth, 3/14/03 - "In the case of osteoporosis, potassium appears to offset calcium losses from excessive sodium ... postmenopausal women with diets high in salt lost higher amounts of bone mineral. Eating potassium-rich foods such as bananas, tomatoes and orange juice helped stem the calcium loss"
• Potassium Administration Helps Leg Blood Flow in Heart Failure Patients - Doctor's Guide, 11/19/02
• Low Dietary Or Serum Potassium Risk Factor For Stroke - Doctor's Guide, 8/27/02 - "Diuretic users had an increased risk for stroke which was associated with lower serum potassium (relative risk 2.5;P<0.0001). People who did not use diuretics had an increased risk for stroke if they had low dietary potassium intake (relative risk 1.5;P<0.005)"
• Will A Banana A Day Keep A Stroke Away? - Intelihealth, 8/13/02
• Serum Potassium Not Associated With Cardiovascular Risk In General Population - Doctor's Guide, 5/14/02
• Potassium Citrate Thwarts Deleterious Effects of High Sodium Chloride Diet - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/01 - "oral potassium citrate prevents the increased calcium losses and bone turnover caused by a high dietary salt intake"
• FDA Grants Health Claim to Potassium - Nutrition Science News, 1/01
• Banana growers given the nod on low BP claims - CNN, 11/2/00
• Bone Up on Osteoporosis - Nutrition Science News, 10/00
• The Other Bone Builders - Nutrition Science News, 10/99
• Low Potassium Levels Before Cardiac Surgery Linked To Complications - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/99
• 10 for the Road: Essential Nutrients for Endurance Athletes - Nutrition Science News, 5/99
• Potassium-Magnesium Citrate Effective In Correcting Thiazide-Induced Side Effects - Doctor's Guide, 11/13/98
• High blood pressure: Newest research explores prevention, treatment - CNN, 9/21/98
• Potassium Linked To Lowered Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 1/16/98
• Cardia Salt Alternative Shown To Lower Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 5/31/97
• Small Amount Of Potassium May Delay Onset Of High Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 5/27/97
• New Salt Alternative That Helps Reduce Blood Pressure Launched Nationally - Doctor's Guide, 1/16/97

Abstracts:

• Potassium magnesium supplementation for four weeks improves small distal artery compliance and reduces blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension - Clin Exp Hypertens. 2006 Jul;28(5):489-97 - "magnesium, 70.8 mg/d; potassium, 217.2 mg/d ... On K+ and Mg2+ supplementation, systolic and diastolic BP decreased 7.83 +/- 1.87 mm Hg and 3.67 +/- 1.03 mm Hg"
• The effect of low-dose potassium supplementation on blood pressure in apparently healthy volunteers - Br J Nutr. 2003 Jul;90(1):53-60 - "After 6 weeks of supplementation MAP [mean arterial pressure] was reduced by 7.01 ... mmHg, SBP was reduced by 7.60 ... mmHg and DBP was reduced by 6.46 ... mmHg ... A low daily dietary supplement of K, equivalent to the content of five portions of fresh fruits and vegetables, induced a substantial reduction in MAP, similar in effect to single-drug therapy for hypertension"

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