Postprandial Vascular Effects of a High Potassium Meal in Patients with Treated Hypertension

This study does not support our hypothesis that a single high K⁺ meal improves vascular function in individuals with treated hypertension. This does not contradict the clinical evidence relating greater K⁺ intake with lower BP, but suggests that mechanistic investigations of increased K⁺ intake through diet alone and its impact on endothelial function as a mediator to reducing BP are complex and not simply due to single nutrient-mediated improvement in vascular function.