Too Much Salt


 
 
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Too Much Salt

For many people the first thing they do when they sit down to a meal is add salt to the food. A small amount of salt is important in your diet. Your kidneys need salt to balance the water and salt in your body. This balance ensures that there is the correct amount of water in your cells and tissues and the correct volume of blood circulating around your body.

  • Fruit and vegetables have salts in their cells and there is salt in meat and whole grains. By eating these foods, you gain all the salt your body requires.
  • Many processed foods have a high salt content and you can taste the salt. A small bowl of breakfast cereal  has about the same amount of salt as a small packet of plain chips, and some sweet biscuits have as much salt as savoury biscuits.
  • Most Australians consume eight to nine times the amount of salt that they need each day and 75% of this comes from processed foods. Lots of salt makes the kidneys work too hard and can lead to kidney failure. It is also linked to high blood pressure.
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    Question : 1

    Which of the following conditions can cause stomach cancer ?

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 2

    Too much of salt can cause conditions like __________________

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Salt consumption can be reduced by  _________________

    Right Option : D
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