A little salt goes a long way - too much goes the wrong way

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WHO recommends less than 5g of salt consumption in a day for salts but Indians consume almost double that : 10-12g both in rural and urban areas.

This is a matter of high concern as salt is the reason for hypertension, heart disease, kidney problems that lead to many deaths annually.

Here are some tips to reduce salt intake -

  1. Taste before you add and gradually reduce salt in cooking
  2. Try to use natural flavor enhancers in food like garlic, lemon juice and herbs
  3. Be mindful and limit of pickle, papad, chutney and sauces - as the increase salt intake per meal
  4. Drink enough water as salty cravings increase with dehydration

What tastes good today shouldn’t cost your health tomorrow. Be mindful every pinch !

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thanks for sharing

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Yes , Salt may add flavour to your food, but excess salt can silently subtract years from your life.

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True

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Yes. High salt consumption can be harmful for health. As it is one of the significant contributor to Hypertension, we have to be very careful about the amount we are using it in our food. These days low-sodium salts are also available in the market, so that can be used too few a times during our day-to-day cooking along with the regular salt for a good balance. Besides, as some vegetables are naturally salty, while cooking them, we can use less salt.

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Thats a good point, some vegetables are naturally salty due to its mineral content like sodium. So while cooking vegetables like beetroot and spinach , we can use less salt as they already have natural sodium.

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Yes having too much of anything is harmful. prioritize health not taste.

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Thanks for sharing information.

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Thank you found really helpful.

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Yes the intake of salt should be limited by us for protecting our health. But we the teenagers who is in between 18-25 years of age people are somehow suffering with the dizziness because of the low salt intake. Because when the food is cooked in the home and our parents are suffering with the BP. Then at that time this will happen as we all are experienced.

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Interesting findings! wasn’t aware that the average Indian’s salt intake was so high, this is crucial to know.

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So true, increasing salt intake means to invite many health problems. Higher consumption of salt increases the amount of sodium it may cause many health issues like hypertension, hypernatremia, dehydration and so on. To manage these condition do more excercise regularly, increase fluid intake, reduce salt intake, use low sodium level salt, and eat much water rich food.

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Gradually decreasing salt and including taste enhancers is a best way to shift

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Apart from the food we prepare, some processed foods also contain high amount of salts for enhancing flavour and increase the taste that if consumed in small amounts also contributing to these problems.

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Valuable content