Salt in your diet

Have you ever thought that salt is present everywhere and that it is not only in the form of table salt.

All packaged food ,pickles,olives,cheese ,cured meat are packed with high level of sodium. Learning to read food labels will help you identify which foods are too high in salt. Increased blood pressure have been a leading cause for strokes. A normal individual should consume up to 2.4 g of salts per day and it is getting to 3.4 g and higher.

1.5 g/day is the optimum amount for good health.

Salt is used as a taste enhancer and as a preservative ,that is why the industrials are using huge amount of salt in their food to keep people addicted to their meals.

Tips for reading food labels:

Sodium free: <5 mg/serving

Very low sodium :<35 mg/serving

Low sodium :<140 mg/serving

Reduced sodium: 25 % less than the usual amount of sodium

Light in sodium :50 % less than the usual amount of sodium.

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