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Potassium supplementation ameliorates hypertension and lowers catecholamine excretion in high-sodium-fed rats.
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Male Sprague-Dawley derived rats fed a moderately high sodium diet became hypertensive by the 6th dietary month. After the 12th dietary month, the urinary excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine was moderately increased in this group. The inclusion of a small dietary supplement of potassium in the diet had an ameliorating effect upon the development of hypertension and resulted in lower excretion rate for catecholamines.
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Battarbee et al. (1979) studied Hypertension. Dietary supplement of potassium vs. Moderately high sodium diet alone was evaluated on Blood pressure and urinary excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine. A small dietary potassium supplement ameliorated the development of hypertension and lowered catecholamine excretion rates in male rats fed a moderately high sodium diet.
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