Salt Reduction and Healthy Living
If you’re planning to make changes to improve your health, there is one step, though often overlooked, that is very important to making that change. Reducing salt in your diet plays a major role in weight loss and impacts your blood pressure. An unhealthy diet often includes, either using too much salt, or foods that have a high sodium content. When you understand how salt works and how reducing its intake leads to improved health, it will be easy to make the choice to moderate and monitor your salt consumption.
Salt and Weight Loss
As you consume salt, the salt pulls water to itself, therefore, causing water retention, which then leads to weight gain. The average diet should not exceed 2.3 grams of sodium intake per day, however, many people consume well above that amount, causing increased weight gain. The best way to manage this is by limiting the amount of salt you add to your food and decreasing, or fully eliminating, foods that have a high salt content. There are many healthy alternatives available for seasoning purposes that still add flavor, so that you can continue your weight loss journey without struggling with water retention. This must be a long-term commitment; resuming high salt consumption only leads to your body continuing to hold water.
It is also important to note that, in addition to high levels of salt making your body struggle with releasing water, salty foods tend to be high in calories and fat. These factors show that too much salt impacts your journey to healthy eating in multiple ways.
Salt and Other Health Factors
While salt plays a key role in your weight, it also effects your health in a variety of other ways. If you eat too much salt, you can increase your chances of developing high blood pressure, which, in turn, makes you more susceptible to other health ailments. Heart disease and stroke, two medical conditions that can result from high blood pressure, are two of the leading causes of early death in many adults. It is crucial that a healthy eating regimen is implemented and strictly followed. Once you have a routine, your overall health will gradually improve, positively impacting your well-being and how you feel about yourself.
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