Now we know how dangerous excess salt

Long known that salt increases blood pressure

Consuming more than twice the recommended amount of salt every day, people increase their risk of heart failure more than doubled. To such conclusion scientists from the National Institute of health in the Finnish Helsinki.

Experts have long known that salt increases blood pressure, but this new work suggests that this dietary product is also directly damages the heart. Scientists from Finland watched 4 630 healthy adults in the past 12 years. 20% of study participants consumed each day in excess of 13.7 g of salt, more than twice the recommended daily dose. It turned out that these people are twice as likely to face heart failure compared with those who consumed less than 6.8 g of salt daily.

More importantly, the researchers found that the risk of heart failure persisted, even if taken into account the presence of high blood pressure. Heart failure occurs at the moment when the heart becomes too weak to pump enough blood through the body. It is the leading cause of hospitalization of people in the age group over 65 years. Approximately half of the patients die within 5 years after diagnosis.

The authors of the new study evaluated the amount of salt in the body of volunteers in the urine. This is a much more accurate method than a simple survey of people about what they eat. According to scientists, food manufacturers should reduce the salt content of themselves, since more than 80% of this mineral person gets from processed foods and only 20% of his hands he adds to dishes, salt cellars, which is on the table.

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