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Cut Out Excess Salt

To keep your body in balance you need a certain amount of salt in your body at any one time. The problem today is most people consume far too much of it. 6g
of salt is about a teaspoonful. The average person takes in up to twice this amount each day! 6g is not a large amount when you consider that 75% of the salt we, as a nation, eat comes from everyday processed foods!

When most people think of salt, they think of shaking it on their food, or adding
a pinch to their cooking. What most of you are unaware of is that processed foods, such as breakfast cereals, soups, biscuits and ready meals are already loaded with the stuff. Unless you are eating a predominantly clean and healthy diet you are likely to be ingesting a large and unhealthy amount of these
crystals on a daily basis.

Excess salt in your diet is likely to raise your blood pressure, because the sodium in salt makes your body retain more water, which creates a greater volume of blood in the blood vessels, leading to a greater build up of pressure. Your kidneys can also come under attack, as they are designed to remove excess salt from the body, helping to keep our blood pressure normal. Too much salt can gradually damage the kidneys so they become less able to remove this excess sodium.

High blood pressure (hypertension) can be deadly, not least because it often develops with few side effects or symptoms. By the time that it is diagnosed you may already be at high risk of heart disease or a stroke. Left untreated for too long hypertension can also lead to kidney failure and eye damage.

Eating less salt will lower blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.