DASH diet may not raise potassium to unsafe levels with some blood pressure meds

David Rhee, MD, board certified cardiologist with Manhattan Cardiology in NYC, and contributor to LabFinder.com, told Medical News Today:

“The kidney is unmatched in its ability to self-regulate the excretion of water and electrolytes. Yes, sometimes the kidney can get things wrong too, especially if we add medications or diseases to the mix, but this study further supports that the kidney is able to handle a dietary potassium load by appropriately increasing potassium secretion even in patients with high blood pressure and medications that work through the kidneys.”

Rhee, who was not involved in the study, added that “food-based potassium is absorbed into the bloodstream more slowly than potassium chloride supplements.”