18 Jun 2024 --- Switching current table salt to a low-sodium potassium-rich salt substitute (LSSS) in Indonesia would prevent a substantial disease burden in the country, according to a new study. This would result in an additional 24.6 million health-adjusted life years over the population’s lifetime. Excess salt intake and a lack of potassium contribute to high blood pressure in the country. They estimate that LSSS substitution could prevent up to 1.5 million events of non-fatal cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and 643,000 incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) cases in the first ten years of implementation. It would also avert over 200,000 CVD and CKD deaths and reduce CVD-related health inequalities.
