A staggering 99.99 percent of Americans fail to get the minimum recommended potassium intake (despite it being perhaps only half of our natural intake) and stay below the recommended sodium intake (even though it may be twice our natural intake).

This is the first video in a three-part series on sodium, potassium, and a salt substitute. Stay tuned for Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Effective? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-potassium-chloride-salt-substitutes-effective) and Potassium Chloride Salt Substitute Side Effects (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/potassium-chloride-salt-substitute-side-effects).

What about those who claim salt isn’t a problem? Don’t believe them:
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt/)
• The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure/)
• Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake up the Salt Debate (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodium-skeptics-try-to-shake-up-the-salt-debate/)

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