#451: Potassium & Blood Pressure: Influence of Sex & Sodium
Sigma Nutrition Radio
Danny Lennon
4.8 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
It has been consistently shown in research that elevated dietary sodium consumption is associated with high blood pressure and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In addition, low levels of dietary potassium intake are associated with these same risks. However, there is some debate on how to characterize these relationships.
In a study published in European Heart Journal in July 2022, using data from the EPIC-Norfolk study, researchers attempted to answer whether the associations between potassium and both blood pressure and cardiovascular disease: 1) differ between men and women? and 2) depend on daily sodium intake.
In this episode Dr. Alan Flanagan and Danny Lennon discuss the details of this study and then link it to the overall evidence base and what this may mean for potassium (and sodium) intake considerations.
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| 0:53.3 | This is episode 451 of the podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | My name is Danny Lennon, and alongside me as usual, is Dr. Alan Flanagan. |
| 1:03.1 | How are you today, sir? |
| 1:04.5 | It's got a good ring to it, I've got to say. |
| 1:07.1 | Yes, I need to demand that you cannot be called Alan anymore and only doctor. |
| 1:11.6 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:12.6 | Even from close friends. |
| 1:13.6 | Exactly. |
| 1:14.6 | And I can go to Florida and set up that cancer ranch I've always wanted to set up and give people greens juices and really trade off my title. |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah, so when is the new weight loss book coming? |
| 1:26.6 | Yeah, exactly. I presume it's |
| 1:29.4 | going to be imminent. Yeah, I was like, well, what comes after celery juice? I was like, maybe |
| 1:33.2 | fennel juice, you know, because then you're getting people to do something really foul. The |
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