You'll Support Healthy Blood Pressure Levels
Many know excess sodium spikes blood pressure, but sodium and potassium team up to regulate it. Your kidneys filter blood, extracting surplus fluid and sending it to your bladder as urine, thus controlling fluid storage in your body. The sodium-potassium balance pulls extra fluid from blood to bladder. When this balance falters, fluid retention increases, raising blood pressure. Alarmingly, less than 2% of US adults hit the daily potassium goal, putting many at risk for high blood pressure.
