Salt Reduction: What Happens When You Comsume to Much Sodium?

Current EU legislation states that products with less than 0.3% salinity as "low salinity" and a baseline has been established to allow statements on sodium intake and cardiac health (ECCE, 2003). In addition, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) sets a series of gradually lower salt levels for over 80 food items (FSA, 2006). This is currently included in the Government's Public Health Responsibility Transaction Pledge) Reduce adult salty intake to achieve predictable 6 g / day goal.

A general reduction in dietary intake of about 1 gram sodium and about 3 gram salt per day is estimated to result in a 50% reduction in the number of people needing treatment for hypertension. The same reduction reduces stroke deaths by 22% and coronary heart disease death by 16%. The use of harmful alcohol has been shown to damage myocardium and increase the risk of stroke and arrhythmia. A large amount of alcohol drinking (consuming a large amount of alcohol at one time) around the world caused about 2.5 million deaths, accounting for 4.5% of the world's disease burden. Excessive drinking also causes other problems such as elevated blood pressure, acute myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, cirrhosis of the liver, violence and suicide.

I know? Even a slight decrease in sodium during meals can lower blood pressure by 2-6 mm Hg. When salt is eaten, the amount of sodium in the blood increases, the delicate balance collapses, the ability of the kidneys to remove moisture decreases. The result is higher blood pressure due to excessive body fluids and extra tension in thin vessels causing kidney. Regular exercise - lower blood pressure by 4 - 8 mm Hg (mm Hg) for a minimum of 30 minutes. When stopping exercise blood pressure rises again, so it is important to be consistent. The best exercise to lower your blood pressure includes jogging, cycling, walking, swimming, dancing and so on. Basically you have to follow a strict routine to lower your blood pressure

Most people eat too much salt (sodium). On average, the more salt the person eats, the higher the blood pressure. Most of the salt we eat comes from processed food, but not necessarily from salt shaker. Some people are surprised that this is the reason we talk about nutrition labeling again - you will see "salt" listed there as sodium. For our purposes, we can use the terms "salt" and "sodium" in the same sense. In addition to eating less salt, other lifestyle changes may prevent or delay high blood pressure and may help lower hypertension. Changes in these lifestyles include eating more potassium enriched foods, reducing extra weight, increasing physical activity, and eating healthy meals. So, in Chapter 5 I briefly explained about potassium. "Calories are calories or is it?" Here, we will also mention it to emphasize the importance of eating foods rich in potassium.