Salt substitute

Trump said, quote, I made the right choice for the American people.

Food and Drug Administration is finalizing a rule permitting salt substitutes to be used in foods with standards of identity that list salt as an ingredient.

According to an FDA release, the rule could impact 139 standards of identity that allowed or required salt to be added to foods but did not permit salt substitutes in their place.

The release said the rule gives food manufacturers more flexibility to reduce sodium in their products.

Now take note, a statement released by the American Heart Association noted that people living with chronic kidney disease or heart failure or taking certain medications need to closely monitor their potassium intake and may need to watch for potassium-based salt substitutes in products.

As FDA moves forward, we encourage strong consumer and clinical education and clear labeling, the statement said.

Here's today's final word.

So today we have three practical questions.

What does potassium actually do for your blood pressure? What are the safe ways to get more of it from food, from salt substitutes, and from pills? And then this is the big one.

Who needs to be careful? Because for some people, more potassium is not safe.

And we're going to come back to that safety point again and again because it really matters.

So this one generated the most excitement recently and was an interesting thing to think about.

And there's a study we're going to walk through in this section.

We are going to talk about potassium-enriched salt substitutes.

So here's the idea.