Eating too much Salt hurts your body- Tips to cut back and eat less salt

We cannot totally eliminate, salt from our diet, but intake of salt can be reduced. Know the health risk of using too much salt and also know how to reduce its intake.

Adding more salt to your diet, than needed would lead to weight gain

When you use excess salt, sodium gets built into your system and your body starts holding excess water in an attempt to dilute the sodium.

The risk for heart disease is comparatively higher, when you have a high-sodium diet, accompanied by a low potassium diet.

When you add more salt to your diet, you tend to lose calcium from your body through urination, thus increasing the risk of osteoporosis.

If you have excess sodium content in your body, the higher the blood pressure.

Eat more fruits and vegetables

One should try to skip processed foods such as canned goods, frozen foods and bagged items instead have more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Try to experiment with different herbs and spices for flavoring such as Oregano, thyme, Chilli powder, garlic, rosemary and other seasoning.

Restaurants use higher amount of sodium, so that food remains fresh. Hence, to control the sodium, one must prepare your food.

Meat, bread, dairy products and shellfish all of these contain sodium; hence one must regulate your intake of these foods.

Do not purchase canned goods or processed items, which contains above 200 mg of sodium per serving.