Salt is essential to enhance the taste of food. It is from this salt that our body needs salinity for health. For that, adding too much salt in the daily diet can lead to health problems like high blood pressure.
Therefore, always keep an eye on the amount of salt in the food you eat. Reducing salt intake early on can prevent many problems later on. Perhaps, if you are experiencing the following symptoms, it means that you are eating more salt than you should.
Frequent headaches
Headaches can have many causes. However, frequent headaches mean that the body is dehydrated. That is, eating too much salty food causes dehydration in the body and often causes headaches. Drink more water to cure this headache.
Constant thirst
Eating too much salt can make you feel thirsty more often. This is because when you eat salty foods, water is drawn out of the cells and into the bloodstream to dilute the excess sodium in the salt. Due to this, the body often feels thirsty to get the water it needs.
High blood pressure
Excess salt causes water retention in the bloodstream, increasing blood volume in the body and putting more pressure on the walls of blood vessels. Due to this, blood pressure often rises and causes dizziness, headache, convulsions etc.
Excessive urination
Kidneys help filter excess sodium from the blood. But too much salt can cause the kidneys to work longer than normal. This causes frequent urination. If the same condition persists, kidney failure may also occur over time.
Swelling in body parts
Eating too much salt can cause swelling in the face, fingers, ankles and stomach. This is called ‘edema’. Eating too much salty food also causes excess fluid retention in the body’s tissues. This is the cause of inflammation.
