Excess salt is harmful

 There is no doubt that more than one teaspoon (5-6 grams) of salt a day is harmful to the body. Salt means sodium chloride. A small amount of sodium is needed to maintain normal functioning of the body. Problems arise when more sodium enters the body through salt. Fluid increases the amount of fluid in the body & different kind of problems appear.

Excess sodium compresses the blood vessels in the body and increases blood pressure. As a result, the heart functions more to maintain the normal supply of oxygen by pumping blood into the body organs. As it takes more effort to go ahead removing heavy stones, this is some kind of similar issue. The more the heart functions, the more is the pressure. There is the risk for the heart system to go out of order while it has to perform more and more work.

Increased salt intake in the blood damages the kidney also. Excessive sodium increases the risk of kidney damage reducing blood supply to kidneys. Again reduced blood circulation in the kidney also reduces the ability of the kidney to filter salt & its disposal. The problem becomes more and more complex due to increased level of salt in the body. Higher salt increases blood pressure & leads to atherosclerosis, increases risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack or cerebral stroke.

Our body machine does not know how to praise eating salt. In addition to the aforementioned problems, more salt addicted people at a particular age are more prone to ‘osteoporosis’ the problem of bone fragility due to the decay of calcium from bones (Decalcification). Increased fracture at a low stroke, aging becomes painful. Not only that, a group of scientists has found out recently that eating too much salt is associated with stomach cancer. It is not the time to say the last word about it.