Pass the potassium salt: Is this the next population health revolution?
Dr Kathy Trieu (PhD) hopes seven million Australians with high blood pressure will make the switch over the next two years.
There is too much sodium in our diets and not enough potassium — an obvious problem to anyone who learnt about the sodium-potassium pump in biology class.
This is why Dr Kathy Trieu (PhD), a nutrition expert at the George Institute for Global Health, is leading a campaign to shift to potassium-enriched salt.
