Lowering Our Sodium to Potassium Ratio to Reduce Stroke Risk

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Why might abstaining from sex not be the best idea for cardiovascular health? The opposite may actually be true. See my recent video Do Men Who Have More Sex Live Longer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-me....

What else can we do about stroke risk? See Preventing Strokes with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preve...) and How to Reduce Stroke Risk With Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-....

More on potassium in Potassium & Autoimmune Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/potas...) and 98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/98-of....

And more on the dangers of sodium in:
• High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/high-...)
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprin...)
• The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-e...)
• Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodiu...)
• Shaking the Salt Habit (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/shaki...)
• Sodium and Arterial Function: A-salting our Endothelium (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodiu...)
• Big Salt - Getting to the Meat of the Matter (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/big-s...)

And sodium isn’t just bad for our arteries. Check out How to Treat Asthma with a Low Salt Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-t...) and Sodium and Autoimmune Disease: Rubbing Salt in the Wound? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Sodiu....

The wonders of nitrate-rich vegetables are also explored more in:
• Whole Beets vs. Juice for Improving Athletic Performance (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whole...)
• Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxyge...)
• “Veg-Table” Dietary Nitrate Scoring Method (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/veg-T...)
• Slowing Our Metabolism with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/slowi...)

Sweet potatoes are an excellent high potassium low sodium choice, but what’s the best way to prepare them? Check out my video The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-b....

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