Health Care Problems & Facts about Our Daily Routing Sodium.
Your kidneys control how much sodium is in your body, but if you have too much and your kidneys can't get rid of it, sodium builds up in the blood.
Excess sodium can cause the body to hold too much fluid in people who are sodium sensitive. This can lead to high blood pressure, which can lead to other health problems. Thousands of lives can be saved each year if they just choose lower-salt foods.
Hidden salt:-
Reducing salt consumption may prevent 24 percent of strokes and eliminate 18 percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease, as reported by World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). Preparing family meals in which salt is kept to a minimum can help minimize health problems due to salt in later life.
Some conditions associated with a high salt intake that are health concerns for the elderly include osteoporosis, edema, Meniere's disease, cancer of the stomach, strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and kidney diseases.
The World Health Organization recommends 2,000 milligrams of sodium or less as a cost-effective means of lowering blood pressure and reducing other serious health problems.
Why add salt? :-
Processed and prepared foods provide about 80 percent of a person's salt intake. Salt is added to foods for several reasons. It acts to preserve food by preventing spoiling. It makes soups thicker, reduces dryness in crackers, increases sweetness in cakes and cookies, and helps disguise the chemical aftertaste in products such as soft drinks.
One teaspoon:-
Healthy American should eat less than 2.4 grams of sodium or six grams of salt per day, as recommended by the American Heart Association. This includes what is in products, added in cooking, and at the table. Six grams of salt is about 1 teaspoon of salt.
Children ages 4 to 6 should have only half that amount, which is 3 grams of salt or 1,200 milligrams sodium a day. Watch carefully the amount of salt that your children consume by reading all labels. If they are consuming lots of snacks and instant foods, they may be far exceeding recommendations.
Nutrition facts:-
Carefully read the nutrition facts label on prepared and packaged foods and on all over-the-counter drugs. Check the leaflets at fast food restaurants and order wisely. Opt out of high-salt items such as cheese, bacon, cheesecake and muffins as they can contribute a lot to your salt intake. You can ask for no salt to be added to your food during cooking.
Eat more fresh foods and fewer processed foods. Make more family meals from scratch and limit your use of sodium-containing condiments such as sauces, dips, ketchup and salad dressings.
Herbs and spices:-
As you use less salt, your preference for it lessens, allowing you to enjoy the taste of food itself. Onion, garlic, lemon, vinegar, black pepper and parsley improve the flavor of many kinds of food. Herbs, spices and other flavorings such as fruit juices and zest from citrus fruits enhance foods. There are many resources that provide sample menus for those on salt-restricted diets for a full day of good eating.
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