Eating too much salt harms the body.
Eating too much salt harms the body.
Too Much Salt Intake Can Cause You Death: You must have often heard that humans should not eat too much salt in food, it is not good for their health. Although most people ignore this thing as a joke. In such a situation, you will be surprised to know that according to the World Health Organization, most of the deaths in the world are due to excessive consumption of salt. Recently WHO has shared a report regarding salt for the first time. It has been clearly said that what kind of problems a person may have to face by eating more sodium i.e. by eating salt. The WHO report shows that a worldwide target has been set that by the year 2025, a campaign to eat 30 percent less salt will be launched.
These diseases are caused by eating too much salt
Explain that sodium is one of the most essential nutrients for the body, but if it is consumed in excess, it can cause heart disease, stroke and premature death. There is no doubt that food cannot be imagined without salt. But, some people have such a habit of eating more salt that after adding salt to the food, they add salt to the vegetable separately. According to the WHO, a person in India consumes an average of 11 grams of salt a day, which is more than double the prescribed limit of 5 grams of salt per day.
Death due to eating too much salt
According to WHO report, it may take up to 2030 to reduce salt from people’s diet. Due to this, the lives of 70 lakh people in the world can be saved. However, only nine countries—Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Uruguay—have adopted such a policy so far. It is very important for all of us to make some special rules to eat less salt. According to WHO Director General Dr. Ghebreyesus, unhealthy diet is a major cause of death and disease globally. Also, the death toll has increased due to consuming more sodium in food.
Symptoms of excessive salt intake
BP rises
When a person eats more salt, he has the problem of increasing blood pressure. Eating too much salt increases sodium in the blood, to dilute which water starts coming out of our body cells. This process damages human cells, especially brain cells are more at risk.
frequent urination
Eating too much salt can make a person urinate frequently, in which case one may feel the need to wake up frequently at night to urinate. This problem persists for a long time.
constantly thirsty
Eating more salt increases the desire to drink water. The throat remains dry all the time and the thirst does not end even after drinking water. This happens because sodium disturbs the balance of the body for some time.
