An excess of salt in the human body activates the production of fructose, which leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.. Doctors came to this conclusion after conducting a series of studies..

An international group of scientists from the United States and Venezuela began to study the causes of a person's predisposition to strokes and heart attacks, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and other ailments.. In the course of the study, it turned out that the main reason that provokes the occurrence of these ailments is an excess of salt in the human body..

Scientists have traced a mechanism that clearly shows the impact of excess salt in the food that a person consumes on his health..

The results of this study are published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

It is reported that for the experiment, scientists used rodents, which were divided into two groups.. One was fed with salted food, and the second - lightly salted.. During the study, it turned out that the rodents from the first group began to develop fatty liver, and the rodents from the second turned out to be absolutely healthy..

Now scientists advise everyone to reduce salt intake to 6 grams per day..

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