It is common belief that adding salt to food is bad for your health. Some scientists have asked the same question.
And recent study Published on European Heart Journal gave the answer to what many people have been asking themselves practically forever. That is to say if too much salt face “To die prematurely”.
Il saleif we think about it, in the past it was a very precious resource. It is rare. Those who had it at home, therefore, used it with thrift. It is not difficult to imagine, then, that the concept that “too much salt hurts” has come to us from past habits. But It’s really like this?
We know that salt is bad if consumed in excess. May cause hypertension and therefore greater you risk having a stroke, heart attack, aneurysms and other cardiovascular diseases. But not only: those who eat too salty foods tends to become obesebecause salt increases thirst, which is often satisfied with carbonated and sugary drinks. The whole creates a vicious circle very dangerous to health.
On the other hand, however, the intake of iodized salt to prevent thyroid disease is strongly recommended. So the doubt can really arise. Here then is that a team of experts has drawn up an in-depth study and achieved precise conclusions.
Does adding salt to food really ‘die first’? Scientists have found the answer
And important study was carried out by a team of experts from Tulane University in New Orleans. The results were published by’European Heart Journal. The research involved more than 500 thousand peoplewhich were followed for 9 years.
We specify that the research examined the consumption of salt added to the table after cooking the food, then the precise habit and not the consumption of salty / industrial foods regardless.
Le analyses were made thanks to questionnaires completed by the subjects examinedas well as from urine laboratory test of the same. But also by combining a very large amount of data collected on test participants. Including it lifestylei diet changes occurred over time, the any diseases che health conditions have changed.
After a time span very long, well 9 yearsscientists collected everything that emerged from theobservation of subjects. Including the dates of death. Those that occurred were considered “premature deaths” before the age of 75.
L’life expectation of those who admitted to add salt at the table has decreased. The subjects who have this habit, according to the results obtained by the 500 thousand participants, have a 28% higher risk of premature death compared to those who consume less salt.
Conclusions
So, the answer is clear. It’s true, Salt is a fundamental element for our bodyand goes taken regularly. The general guidelines tell us that one adult person – in normal health conditions – needs 100/600 mg. of sodium per day. In practice from 0.25 to 1.5 gr. of salt. Very little, if we think about it. Especially because the salt is “hidden” in many industrial preparations and therefore we do not realize that we are taking it.
Here because the habit of adding a “pinch of salt” to the foods we put on the table is a practice not recommended.
(The information in this article is for informational purposes only and concerns scientific studies published in medical journals. Therefore, it does not replace the consultation of a doctor or specialist, and should not be considered for formulating treatments or diagnoses)