Why MonitoringYour Salt Intake Matters for Better Health?
Salt consumption is best limited to 5 g per day.Yet, many of us consume well over this WHO-recommended limit. This blog explains the need to monitor our salt intake.
Let us begin with some facts about salt:
● Salt, or sodium chloride, is a naturally occurring compound we use in our daily lives to season our food and enhance its flavor.
● It is made up of 60% chloride and 40% sodium.
● Naturally occurring foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, meat, etc. are all low in salt.
● Packaged and processed foods, ready-to-eat meals, restaurant food, and breakfast cereals are some examples of high salt content food.
● Sodium is necessary for some important functions like fluid balance, nerve health, muscle function, etc. However, healthy individuals will hardly ever lack sodium.
● It is increased salt intake that we have to guard against.