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| Consequences of a Typical Diet |
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According to USCF Medical Center, the average American
eats five or more teaspoons of salt each day. This is about 20
times as much as the body needs. In fact, your body needs only
one quarter of a teaspoon of salt every day.
What
happens if your sodium intake is high? Too much sodium in your
diet can cause your body to retain excess fluid. This excess
fluid can collect in your hands, ankles, belly, and lungs.
This is especially important for patients with liver, heart,
or kidney disease.
There are also other health problems
that high sodium intake can cause or aggravate (source: Menzies
Research Institute):
Prehypertension, hypertension,
severe premenstrual syndrome, vertigo of Meniere's disorder,
congestive heart failure, diabetic retinitis, calcium
kidney/bladder stones, stomach cancer, and more...
You do not have to suffer from one of these problems to
be on a low sodium diet. Please read this informative
article about the importance of low salt diet for your health:
Salt intake brings new level of alarm, published
at USAToday.
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