A salt substitute, often known as low-sodium salt, is a low-sodium substitute for edible salt (table salt) that is promoted to reduce the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease associated with a high sodium chloride intake while preserving a similar taste. Non-sodium table salts are the most popular salt alternatives, as their flavours are derived from substances other than sodium chloride. Non-sodium salts help to lower sodium intake and its negative health effects.
Potassium chloride is found in most salt replacements. Potassium chloride has a flavour similar to sodium chloride (salt), yet some people find it metallic. However, potassium chloride salt replacements should be avoided. If you have certain disorders, such as decreased kidney function, which is very common among older individuals in the United States, or if you use certain hypertension medications, such as ACE inhibitors and potassium-sparing diuretics, they can be harmful.
Lithium was employed as a
salt substitute in patients with heart failure in the first half of the twentieth century, but extreme toxicity made it unpopular. During a study of the effect of uric acid in manic patients in 1949, Australian psychiatrist J. F. J. Cade found that guinea pigs given lithium urate were less frightened. This led to the testing of lithium in manic depressive patients, and then to Schou and colleagues' well regarded research defining the clinical usefulness of this ion in psychiatry. It is the most effective mood stabiliser for bipolar disorder treatment, but it is toxic at only twice the therapeutic dose and has a long list of side effects. Lithium's endocrine impacts can be divided into two categories: effects on cell function and the ion's influence on specific endocrine glands or systems.
Proper dietary counselling, the use of low-salt foods, salt substitutes and other taste enhancers, and the appropriate use of surface salt can all help you maintain a low-sodium diet. Surface salt is tasted significantly more effectively than salt that has been combined with food. This is why a serving of potato chips with 3 to 4 mEq NaCl tastes considerably "saltier" than a serving of bread with 5 to 8 mEq/NaCl.
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