Losalt Original Reduced Sodium Salt 350g

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Given its effect on the brain, lithium is definitely not suitable for flavoring or consumption outside of a medication. Even when adjusting for differences such as body fat percentage and sugar intake, dietary sodium intake was directly correlated with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), which is another reliable measure of inflammation in the body. Slow-K is a prescription medication and the amount of potassium chloride in Lo Salt and similar products will be significantly lower. Growing up, brothers Stephen and Michael Klinge had always been close, so when it came to earning a living, the siblings decided the next logical step was to start a business together. They can help you reduce your sodium intake, but they won’t help you kick the habit of eating salty or ready-made foods.

Scotland’s first ‘New Town’ – East Kilbride – is decided on as the location for the manufacturing plant. Randomized clinical trials have reported that potassium chloride can lower systolic blood pressure by 11 points and diastolic by 5 points after consumption.The tingling is caused by throwing off the body’s electrolyte balance, which can alter nerve sensations.

Too much can cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure and affect the cardiac muscle, leading to an irregular heartbeat. Unless one has a disease which predisposes them, it’s highly unlikely you will develop a sodium deficiency from using low sodium salt.It doesn’t matter if you’re cooking, baking or seasoning your food at the table – LoSalt gives you exactly the same results and exactly the same flavour – just with 66% less sodium.

The potassium from it will not be a danger if you are a healthy individual without diabetes or kidney disease. Cornaby, Leslie; Ferrara, Giannina; Salama, Joseph S; Mullany, Erin C; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abebe, Zegeye; Afarideh, Mohsen (May 2019). Today, Stephen and Michael are delighted that their daughter/niece Caroline has joined the business and is using her specialist knowledge to drive the business forward, campaigning for people globally to reduce their sodium intake, seasoning with sense. Even further back in the early 20th century, lithium chloride was used as a salt substitute for those with hypertension.If you have an existing health condition, you may want to talk to your doctor before using a salt substitute. Powles, John; Fahimi, Saman; Micha, Renata; Khatibzadeh, Shahab; Shi, Peilin; Ezzati, Majid; Engell, Rebecca E. Although this is not the same thing as consuming a salt alternative, it is a controlled dosage of the active ingredient they use. It’s true that some types of salt are less bad than others, yet they all still contain roughly the same amount of sodium… and that is the part that’s bad for you.

Having developed an idea to produce a reduced sodium salt alternative, they re-located from London to custom-made premises in East Kilbride and in 1984 they launched LoSalt in the UK.Even when you eat them without added salt, you’re already getting more than enough sodium just from what they naturally contain. Contrary to what some may claim, the scientific and medical consensus on high sodium intake is no different than it was last year, last decade, or beforehand. Replacing salt with low-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) for cardiovascular health in adults, children and pregnant women". Those are the results of hypertension men and women who received 96 mmol/d (12 Slow-K tablets) daily for one week. In practice, potassium chloride (also known as potassium salt) is the most commonly used salt substitute.