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If the normal table salt sodium chloride (nacl) is replaced by rock salt (sandha namak), will it help in controlling blood pressure?
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Yes it's a better choice.
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yes this salt is little better than that normal salt because here potassium level is high here.
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Dear Lybrateuser, - Both have essentially the same constituent that is sodium chloride so will not be of much help - to reduce bp you have to reduce the per day quantity of whatever salt you are taking.
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