Alexander H. J

Oct 9, 2023 | academic.oup.com | de Borst |Alexander H. J

Dietary potassium (K+) has emerged as a modifiable factor for cardiovascular and kidney health in the general population, but its role in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unclear. Here, we hypothesize that CKD increases the susceptibility to negative effects of low and high K+ diets.

Oct 9, 2023 | academic.oup.com | de Borst |Alexander H. J

In the general population dietary potassium (K+) intake is ∼54 mmol/day [1] which is below the recommended intake of 90–120 mmol/day [2, 3]. Low dietary K+ intake is associated with salt-sensitive hypertension [4] and with a higher incidence of stroke [5], chronic kidney disease (CKD) [6] and mortality [7]. Increasing K+ intake through K+ supplementation or salt substitution decreases blood pressure and improves cardiovascular outcomes [5, 8].

Aug 28, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Alexander H. J |Keygene N.V |Rui Peng |Forestali e Alimentari

1 IntroductionCherries include several species of the genus Prunus, which belong to the sub-family Spiraeoideae in the plant family Rosaceae (Potter et al., 2007). The two economically most important cherry species worldwide are the sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.). Both species are thought to have originated in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea region (Quero-García et al., 2019).