Cut salt, boost potassium for heart health, study says

Eating more potassium-rich foods and reducing your salt could reduce blood pressure and stroke risk, new research suggests.

New research from the British Medical Journal recommends the following diet tweak: increase potassium by eating more bananas and vegetables and cut down on salt to reduce blood pressure and risk of stroke.

One study review found that consuming an extra two or three servings of fruits or vegetables per day would do the trick. The researchers added that a combination of increased potassium and reduced salt had a bigger effect than changing just one of these factors alone.