[geeks] Booze and Vegetables

[Jeff Borisch]

Dave McGuire wrote:

> Being a person with very high blood pressure, high potassium intake
> is very important to me as well.  Raisins and bananas are VERY high in
> potassium.

You imply that a high potassium intake is good for your HBP. I thought since
K was chemically similar to Na it had some similar effects on the body.
Which would be *bad* for HBP.

"Research Reveals Low Salt/High Potassium Diet Ineffective against Mild
Hypertension"
http://oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/pub_affairs/news/salt.html

serves me right for trusting my intuition.