Scientists have discovered unexpected harmful properties of salt, which should change the eating habits of all people.

Salt is one of the most controversial products. Do without it in cooking is almost impossible, because unsalted dishes seem fresh and not so tasty. In addition, salt is necessary for the body as a necessary element, involved in vital metabolic processes. But at the same time, doctors constantly remind us that an overabundance of salt and salty foods in the diet can lead to serious health problems.

Little-known harmful properties of salt:.

Increases blood pressure and promotes the development of hypertension. Highly salty food adversely affects the blood vessels, narrowing them. Therefore, the pressure rises and if you do not stop consuming salt in large quantities, you can reach chronic hypertension.

Violates cerebral circulation, resulting in poor cognitive ability of the brain. It turns out that with excessive consumption of salt, a person risks in old age to face such a disease as senile dementia.

Leads to obesity. Salt delays the fluid in the body and increases appetite, because it affects the taste buds powerfully and the more the food is salted, the higher the likelihood that the person will remodel. As a result, we have extra kilograms, which can be got rid of by giving up salt altogether or by reducing its consumption to a minimum - 3-5 g per day.

It is worth remembering that in most foodstuffs there is already salt and additional addition of this "enhancer" of taste is not required. For example, you are preparing a sandwich with sausage, cheese and fresh vegetables. In all the ingredients, except for vegetables, the salt is already present, and in bread, sausage, and cheese, but for some reason many still manage to add tomato, cucumber, sweet pepper, lettuce leaf and so on. And this despite the fact that most add to the sandwich store sauces, in which the salt is more than you can imagine.

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