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If i ingest salt, can that lessen my high blood pressure?
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Potassium can: Sodium salts will worsen high blood pressure. Foods rich in potassium salts seem to improve it. Check out the dash diet.
Answered 7/20/2012
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No: Just the opposite ...Minimizing salt intake can lower bp.
Answered 9/25/2012
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