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Cutting Salt, Not Flavor: Salt Substitutes Prove Effective in New Study (scitechdaily.com)

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This study sought to assess the effects of a salt substitute (62.5% NaCl, 25% KCl, and 12.5% flavorings) on incidence of hypertension and hypotension among older adults with normal blood pressure.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109723082633?via%3Dihub

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Salty sweet sour bitter umami. Those are the 5 flavors. Everything else is smell.

As far as salt being bad for you the poison is in the dosage. To little is bad and so is to much.