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  • Dietary guidelines recommend mineral intake targets for health outcomes.
  • Reducing sodium and increasing potassium are key for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention.
  • Increasing potassium intake may be a more critical target for CVD prevention.

Conclusions:

  • Increasing dietary potassium intake may be a more advantageous strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention.
  • Higher potassium intake is linked to healthier dietary patterns.
  • Further research is needed on potassium supplementation and effective dietary strategies to increase intake.