You also don’t eat salad without salt? Know how dangerous it is

Who doesn’t love crispy French fries or crunchy potato chips? Table salt is a magic that can make any bland food tasty. Table salt is a mineral composed of sodium and chloride. We all need sodium to function. But too much sodium can harm your body. This question arises since we know that excess sodium can be dangerous. How much salt do you need to stay healthy?

How much sodium should you eat per day?

Sodium is important for maintaining your body’s fluid balance, transmitting nerve signals, and moving your muscles. But how much can you eat each day? FDA guidelines say you should eat less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day. About a teaspoon. Cutting it down to 1,500 mg would be even better, but eating more could raise your blood pressure.

Disadvantages of eating salt in salad

1. If you add white crystal table salt to your salad or raita and eat it, it can increase the sodium level in the body. Problems like high blood pressure, sweating and dizziness can occur.

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2. By eating raw salt, the amount of calcium in the body also starts to decrease and the bones start to weaken.

3. Eating salad or raita with added salt harms the digestive enzymes and also slows down the digestion process.

4. Also, if you add raw salt to salad or raita and eat it everyday, it can cause joint pain.

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5. If you consume more than one teaspoon of salt per day and also include raw salt in your diet, it can lead to sleep related problems.

Which salt is better to eat in salad or raita?

Now the question arises that what type of salt should you use in salad or raita? Without salt, these things will not taste good, so let us tell you that you can add rock salt or black salt on salad, chaat or raita. Both these salts prevent the increase in sodium and also give a salty taste to your dish. Apart from this, its consumption improves the digestive system. Also, there is no problem of acidity, indigestion and gas.

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