Why not just reduce sodium intake? It’s not the salt that causes hypertension, its the increased fluid retention in the body. Alternatively, or simultaneously, why not increase your intake of potassium via food or supplements? Finally, if fluid retention is indeed a basis for high blood pressure, why is the health and medical community constantly harping about drinking lots and lots of water through the day?
Water flushes out the stuff that our bodies don’t need, and also helps a person feel fuller. If you’re overweight because you overeat, that’s one way to feel full without the calories. Though, you may need to relieve yourself more often if you do drink a lot of water.
O think the key is replacing the mouth feel and taste of sodium chloride seasoned food with a healthier alternative.
I have found that vinegar products mimic the tang and bite of salt in foods.
Hypertension caused by being hydrated has ZERO to do with strokes or heart attacks! If you have high blood pressure caused by clogged arteries, then yes: High blood pressure is a SYMPTOM of something bad.
But high blood pressure can have a variety of causes, many pretty benign. Dehydrating oneself to lower blood pressure - a common drug given is meant to do that - is DUMB.