Why does sodium increase blood pressure while potassium counters the effect??

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Why does sodium increase blood pressure while potassium counters the effect??

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The thing is, your body doesn’t allow the sodium to travel alone. Where ever there is sodium, you body pushes in water to kind of wash of that sodium. So if there is high sodium in your blood running through the blood vessels, then your body increases the water content in the blood vessels leading to higher blood pressure.

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