Raising Dietary Potassium May Have Protective Effect in Diabetes

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Raising Dietary Potassium May Have Protective Effect in Diabetes


The higher the levels of urinary potassium excretion, the lower the risk for renal dysfunction and cardiovascular (CV) complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and normal renal function at baseline, new research suggests. The results indicate that increased potassium intake could be of benefit in such patients.
“In clinical practice, reduced-calorie and low-sodium diets are commonly recommended for patients with type 2 diabetes, but a low-calorie and low-sodium diet can be deficient in potassium,” Shin-ichi Araki, MD, PhD, from Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan, told Medscape Medical News in an email.
“And while we need to do clinical trials to determine whether increasing dietary potassium is beneficial, we found that higher urinary potassium excretion was associated with a slower decline in renal function and a lower incidence of CV complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and normal renal function at study onset.”
The study was published online November 6, 2015 in theClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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