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Advice on salt intake
I have a habit of taking extra salt in my diet which I am trying to remove, what are the disadvantages of high salt intake and how can they be cured?
( 6 Apr 2008)
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Causes of High Salt Intake
Before telling you the disadvantages of the same, I would like to emphasise on ways of putting an end to the same. Avoid salt in the dining table. Slightly reduce the use of salt while cooking. 'Low salt' products are used. Replace salt with herbs, such as oregano, basil, lemon juice and garlic. Decrease the intake of processed and preserved foods.
Lastly, your knowledge on the devastating effects of increased salt will help you automatically decrease it.
Increase in dietary salt results in hypertension. It affects the cardiac health, by increasing the risk of stroke. It affects the renal and coronary arteries and results in deterioration of the kidneys. Stomach carcinoma and osteoporosis are common in individuals with high dietary salt. Research reveals the derogatory effect of slat in asthmatics. Processed foods contribute to seventy five per cent of the salt in our diet.
Increased salt or sodium intake is associated with other conditions, such as left ventricular hypertrophy, renal stones, cardiac failure, gastric cancer and oedema. Increased dietary salt parallely raises the calcium excretion, thereby contributing to osteoporosis. This in turn, increases the risk of bone fracture. Electrolyte balance is disturbed by increased sodium or decreased body water. This results in hypernaetremia, which is lethal.
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answered by E L on 6 Apr 2008, 5:45:25
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