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> Potassium chloride tastes a lot like salt

Not at all, it‘s disgusting. The idea of replacing NaCl with it is laughable.




It's not though? I can't really tell the difference at normal food salt levels.

For people with hypertension it's a fantastic replacement. Or even if you're concerned about low potassium.

I mean, Morton sells it as salt replacement in little salt shakers in the grocery store. It's pretty mainstream.


We've been coming back around to the idea it's not the sodium but the chlorine that's the problem in hypertension. Hypertension is one of those areas we like to pretend like we know what we're doing but it's half bullshit and accidental boner pills.

Also how do you tell your friend that his wife is kind of a lot and maybe his hypertension is cortisol and not congenital?


> Also how do you tell your friend that his wife is kind of a lot and maybe his hypertension is cortisol and not congenital?

many such cases


> I mean, Morton sells it as salt replacement in little salt shakers in the grocery store. It's pretty mainstream.

They also sell margarine in cute butter-like packages and sweet ‘n low or stevia in the same single-serve packets as sugar. Doesn’t mean they don’t taste absolutely foul.


> They also sell margarine in cute butter-like packages

Don't wanna call it deceiving.

People, who followed their doctors advice, and switched to margarine after a heart attack, more often had another one than those who stayed with butter.

Hm, just thought: Maybe it has to do more with the anxiety of those individuals than the trans fats in margarine. Still, i keep those plastic fats out of my body.


One of my favorite random youtube videos: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJh9yTIBY48 "What salt tastes the best? Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and more"


I tried some of this "salt alternative" recently, and... wow, you are not joking, that stuff is absolutely vile!




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