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Negative Impact of Excess Salt Consumption, Beware!


Most people know if eating lots of salt will increase blood pressure levels. But not many know that excessive salt intake can also cause leg swelling.
Excessive salt intake is causing many adverse effects for one's health such as high blood pressure, increased risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease.
Excessive salt intake can also cause swelling of the feet problems, especially in people who have heart or kidney disorders.
Clevelend Clinic said the swelling in the feet can be caused by a condition known as edema. This condition occurs when body fluids are trapped in the space around the cell (extracellular space). 

Edema generally occurs in the feet, ankles and legs because of gravity naturally pull the liquid down into the lower regions. Therefore, this condition occurs largely in the area on foot.
People who frequently eat salt with high levels can cause mild cases of edema or swelling of the feet, as reported from mayoclinic, Monday (04/04/2011).
High salt intake makes the concentration of sodium in the blood to be rising. Increased levels of sodium causes the body to hold more water to help dilute the sodium.
These conditions make the blood volume increases and provide extra pressure on small blood vessels (capillaries) that can cause leakage. The fluid that leaks from the capillaries will go into the extracellular space that makes the body become swollen.
If the consumption of too much salt makes the feet or body parts are swollen, then that person should reduce the amount of sodium consumed. One of the main sources of sodium comes from salt, but can also be found in the form of certain food additives like monosodium glutamate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrate and sodium benzoate.
But if the foot is swollen, then try to lift or maintain the position of the foot for higher than the heart to help drain fluid and reduce swelling as well as observing the intake of sodium or salt in food.
In terms of eating salt, tirulah Eskimos, the Dayak people or the Inca Indians. They almost do not eat salt, but still be alive. They tend to be bland menu, but nothing is lacking in the continuity of the work machine body. And indeed that is what our bodies really need. So do not often enter the Chinese or Indian restaurant if more abstinence salt. Menu salt formed more by culture of urban people feel good when people find common salt. Culture hooked this salt that has unwittingly undermined the kidneys of people in the world to work harder get rid of excess sodium (sodium) from the ingested salt every day. In fact, the body does not require as much salt eating habits of our culture. We swallow the average five-six times the body needs salt from the daily menu.
Salt is known synonymous with high blood diseases. That's because not only Gedongan person who can get high blood pressure, if it is still a lot of small people who daily menu again salted fish.
Bogor Regency is said to spend tens of tons of salted fish a day. At the same time it is easy to calculate the number of cases of high blood villagers. It could be because of excessive salt consumption of salted fish since childhood.
It's really nice to have a wife of the Sundanese. He said let loose on the garden alone is able to live, because its menu fresh vegetable and condiment doang. However, if additional lauknya existence of only salted fish, dear wife can suddenly turn into wretched wife, have been married for three years has been fierce and fond complaining. Salted fish make high blood wife.

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