DO YOU HAVE TO TOTALLY STOP EATING SALT WHEN DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTENSION? ANSWER=NO | NUTALK

It has become a regular phenomenon that people diagnosed with hypertension tend to stop using salt totally in their meals.

The reason most people give stems from the knowledge that, salt itself increases blood pressure but, this is a bit far from the absolute truth.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CONSUMING TOO MUCH SALT (NaCl) | NUTALK

We add salt to most foods prepared a home to enhance the taste and edibility. Another added benefit is iodine if the salt is iodized salt.

Table Salt is Sodium Chloride (NaCl) which is makes available to the body the electrolyte, Sodium (Na) when ingested.