What if You Just Threw Away Those Salt-Shakers and Stopped Adding Extra Salt During Mealtimes?
Using not more than two teaspoons of salt a day is associated with increased healthspan and lifespan. Substituting normal salt with a potassium-enriched salt alternative is a quick hack to reduce sodium intake and has also been shown to reduce mortality and sickness.
Most of our foods are replete with sodium, often more than needed and it is quite difficult to figure out how much sodium is actually going into our bodies. It is also impractical and cumbersome to calculate the sodium contents of foods that we eat and then plan our meals accordingly.