The special salt for hypertensive, known as Bio salgante, is a salt with less sodium, which is the component of the salt that increases the pressure, and therefore this salt is more suitable for use as seasoning in the case of hypertensive people.
Salt for hypertensives needs medical prescription and should not be used for insufficient renal. It has potassium added, which helps control the pressure, and also decreases fluid retention and swelling.
How to use special salt for hypertensives
Special salt for hypertensives can be used by adults, children or adolescents and can be applied in salads, cooked or added to foods in the dish, giving a taste very similar to normal salt.
However, this salt should be used to season the food either ready or on low heat, below 180 degrees so as not to alter your taste buds.
Where to buy salt for hypertensives
This salt can be bought in pharmacies, natural products stores and 100 grams costs approximately 20 reais.
But its use must be done with the doctor's knowledge because the excess of potassium present in the salt for hypertensives, can greatly increase the presence of it in the blood, which is especially dangerous when you have kidney problems, and may even decrease muscle strength and malfunction of the heart. Therefore, it is not recommended when you have kidney failure.
To keep the pressure well controlled see a home remedy for high blood pressure.
