The special salt for hypertensive patients, known as Bio salgante, is a salt with less sodium, which is the salt component that increases pressure, and for this reason this salt is more suitable to use as a spice in the case of hypertensive people.
Salt for hypertensive patients needs a prescription and should not be used by kidney failure. It has potassium added, which helps to control pressure, as well as decrease fluid retention and swelling.
How to use special salt for hypertensive patients
The special salt for hypertensive patients can be used by adults, children or teenagers and can be applied to salads, cooked dishes or added to foods in the dish, giving a taste very similar to that of normal salt.
However, this salt should be used to season the ready-made or simmering food, below 180 degrees so as not to alter your taste.
Where to buy salt for hypertensive patients
This salt can be purchased at pharmacies, health food stores and 100 grams costs approximately 20 reais.
But its use must be made with the knowledge of the doctor because the excess of potassium present in the salt for hypertensive patients, can greatly increase its presence in the blood, which is especially dangerous when you have kidney problems, and can even cause a decrease in muscle strength and malfunction of the heart. Therefore, it is not advised when you have kidney failure.
To keep the pressure well controlled see a home remedy for high blood pressure.
