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What is the Link Between Salt and Heart Failure?
- 7:23, 30th August 2018
- Test Organization
- Heart and Blood Vessels
- Heart Failure
A current study has suggested that adding a lot of sodium in your diet every day increases the risk of heart failure. Excessive salt consumption plays a role in developing a heart disease. It results in high blood pressure, and if left untreated can lead to damage arteries, coronary disease and weaken the heart. It also causes heart failure and other heart issues.
Patients with heart failure consuming high salt can result in fatigue, shortness of breath and swelling. A high-salt diet makes it hard for the heart to provide blood to the organs. Average people consume salt than the suggested dietary guidelines.
How to Lower Salt Intake in Your Diet?
Avoid foods that are high in sodium like, canned foods, chips and snacks, soups, salad dressings, breakfast cereals and more. Apart from this, the frozen meats and poultry are infused with salt water to preserve them.
The key to a good heart is checking the nutritional labels while eating at a restaurant and when you are grocery shopping. According to CDC (Center for disease control and prevention), foods that are 35 mg or less per serving constitute low salt.
Should you Follow a Low-salt Diet?
A low-sodium diet definitely lowers the risk of high blood pressure, heart failure, and heart disease. Depending on an individual’s eating habits and medical history, the consumption of salt should vary. If you have a normal blood pressure and have no medical history of heart disease, can intake salt keeping the CDC recommendations in mind.
Now, when you know the link between salt and heart risk, you need to be careful with sodium intake. Prior to any decision, it is essential that you speak to a physician about the same.
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