Article Archive The quantity of salt that people eat has a straightforward effect on blood
pressure. The more salt that is eaten, the higher blood pressure, it is that
simple.

This is true of everybody, not only those people with high blood
pressure, but also in people with normal blood pressure. A high salt intake
also causes many other health damages, such as :

Greater retention of water in your body, which leads to swelling of the
ankles.

Thinning of the bones (osteoporosis),

Asthma

Kidney disease Closely related to cancer of the stomach.



Therefore, everyone should cut the amount of salt they eat. It is
recommend by the Department of Health and Food Standards Agency, that everyone
should cut their salt intake from the current amount of 10 to 12 grams of salt
a day to 5 to 6 grams a day, or less. If you can decrease salt intake more,
this will help lower your blood pressure.



The Question is: how can I reduce the amount of salt I eat?

The salt that you yourself, put into your own cooking or add at the
table is obvious, but is not the whole picture because, only about a quarter
or less of the salt you eat comes from salt that you have control over. The
rest comes from processed food (the bane of modern life.)

Salt is concealed in processed foods and most people do not realise how
much salt is added to these types of food.

You can do one of two things here:

cut down or cut out processed foods.

Always read the label on these foods, and go for those that do not hold
large amounts of added salt.

You have a hidden enemy in your body and that is your taste buds, which
gets used to large amount of salt in processed foods. So when you discontinue
eating these foods with less salt they will taste bland.

However, your taste buds become accustomed very quickly so that after
about three weeks you will find that food with added salt tastes very
disagreeable and may mask the real flavour of the food.

There are three ways to cut down on the quantity of salt that you eat
and improve your health:

· Do not add salt to your food at the table

· Do not add salt to cooking This includes not adding salt to the water
you use for vegetables, pasta and rice, etc, and avoiding stock cubes, gravy
browning, soy sauce and salted dried fish, all of which are very high in salt.

· Avoid processed foods that have salt added

This is the most difficult as there is a large amount of salt in
processed or packaged food and it is difficult to know from the food labels
how much has been added.

For example, the main source of salt in our diet comes from bread and
some cereals.



Foods that are high in salt include:

· Bread· Breakfast cereals

· Processed meat products (sausages, pate, bacon, etc)

· Soups

· Ready prepared meals and instant foods

· Some restaurant and takeaway food



If you really find that you cannot " cut out " salt you could try a
better quality of salt.



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