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Rabu, 21 September 2011

10 Reasons Must Control the Salt



Salt is one of the most popular spice flavorings. No wonder thatalmost every cuisine of salt contained in it. Salt itself is a mineralcomposed of sodium chloride (40 percent and 60 percent sodiumchloride). Salt is important for the body, but that does not mean the salt should be consumed in excess.


Why does the body need salt

Sodium chloride ions needed by the body, in small quantities, toregulate water content in it. Sodium is not only needed to helpmaintain body fluid balance dala, but also to assist in the transmission of nerve impulses to the brain. In addition, sodium, alsoplays a role in contraction and relaxation of our muscles. Becauseliquid sodium can attract like magnets, excessive salt intake wouldcause retention (detention) in the body of excess water.

Dangers of excessive salt

Too many mengasup minerals can harm bodily functions. Use ofexcess salt can increase the amount of sodium in the body and this can give a serious effect on health. Although salt is used to treatproblems such as disease or dysautonomia, the autonomic nervoussystem damage, but if excessive can cause several health problemssuch as those below:

1. High blood pressure (hypertension): High salt intake is known toincrease blood pressure, which is known to cause several seriousdiseases sperti heart disease, parlysis, and receipt. This fact has been proved by the INTERSALT study involving more than 10,000 people in 52 study centers, although the effect (disease) differ from one person to another.

Other evidence of the relationship between high blood pressure withhigh salt intake was found in medical records since 1994. People from all parts of the face of the earth with all ages can be affected by changes in their salt intake.

2. Cardiovascular Disease: Researchers are working in a large study conducted in 2007 found that patients with high-normal blood pressure significantly benefit by reducing their salt intake, and therefore their risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseasedecreased by 25 percent to 10 to 15 coming year. Their likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease was also down by 20percent.

3. Stroke: Those who consume less salt is less prone to suffering a stroke. In fact, studies say, one gram of reducing salt intake can reduce the risk of experiencing a stroke until the sixth. If reduced to two grams, the risk decreases to one-third, and if the reduced three grams, the possibility of stroke is reduced by half.

4. Left ventricular hypertrophy and swelling hantung: Some people do not have hypertension despite high amounts of salt mengasup.However, medical records show, those people have left ventricular hypertrophy or enlargement of muscle tissue that makes the walls of the main heart pumping chamber which can heighten the risk ofcardiovascular disease.

5. Fluid retention: The amount of sodium in the body determines the level of fluid in your body if you consume too much salt, the kidneys will be difficult to eliminate excess salt and your body willretain fluid, which sometimes causes swelling around the heart.Doctors recommend reducing salt intake as a treatment forswelling.

6. Digestive system:
High salt intake can affect the digestive system in three ways:

• ulcers (sores) of the stomach and duodenum: According to the American Society for Microbiology Conference, salt interacts with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) and cause ulcers(sores) on the stomach and duodenum. These bacteria (H pylori) were commonly found in many people, of which who have no symptoms. H pyori bacteria known to cause 80 to 90 percent of allcases of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Therefore, limiting salt intakeis a good thing to prevent the formation of ulcers are caused by consuming too much salt.

• Cancer: Cancer of the stomach and gastric cancer associated with high sodium in the body. Evidence for this is found in Japan,where salt consumption is relatively high among the people.

• Reduced Pepsin: Pepsin is a digestive enzyme, and excess saltintake decreases the amount of pepsin in the body. This can affectthe digestive system, improve the level of acidity and causediarrhea. For example, when you add salt to the curd, this leads tofermentation and to form acid in the stomach, and ultimately can affect digestion.


7. Hair Problem: Eating too much salt can cause problems such as hair graying and loss.

8. Increased secretion of bile water: When we eat foods thatcontain high salt, secretion of bile water will increase, which can increase the density of blood, thus decreasing vitality. It can alsocause the lips become dry and bleeding. Doctors advised toreduce salt intake to those who have problems with the skin.

9. Osteoporosis: Excess salt prevents the absorption of calcium in the body, so that DAPT leads to osteoporosis. In a study conducted on postmenopausal women found that womenconsuming high amounts of salt more to lose more bone mineralthan those who do not - consume too much salt.

10. Death: mengasup salt with a high dose in a short time can be fatal. If a person consumes one gram of salt per kilogram of body weight, this can cause the person lost his life.

A person's salt intake needs vary. Recommended for mengasupsodium 1,500 mg to 2,300 mg per day, depending on the age orhealth conditions that are owned (such as diabetes, high bloodpressure or chronic kidney disease).

World Health Organization (WHO), recommend the intake ofsodium each person is as much as a teaspoon, or about 2.323 mg of sodium or 5 grams of salt per day.  

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