Abstract

Hypertension is an extremely common lifestyle related health problem in the western world.  A fruit and vegetable rich diet is associated with a protection against hypertension. One part of the beneficial effect of these dietary elements is their high potassium content. This presentation will relate the responses in the kidney to high potassium intake with a hypertension protective effect.  

Short CV

Mads V. Sørensen received his PhD in human physiology at Aarhus University in 2008 and did his post-doctoral research both at AU and abroad at University of Zürich, Switzerland. Currently he is the group leader of a small research group supported by his AIAS-COFUND fellowship and grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. His research focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of regulation of potassium transport processes in the kidneys.  

Mads V. Sørensens project at AIAS.

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