Paul Saladino· MD
You don't need vegetables to get enough potassium, nor does excess potassium correct hypertension. You must correct the root cause.
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You don't need vegetables to get enough potassium, nor does excess potassium correct hypertension. You must correct the root cause.
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Too little potassium in your diet, again, I doubt this is a root cause for many people, though in conditions that I will talk about later, specifically insulin resistance that are at the root of hypertension, there is a hormonal milieu that can lead to excess sodium and lower amounts of potassium in the diet.