Salt is often called the “white death” because it has a detrimental effect on the human body. But only if the daily salt intake of a healthy person exceeds 5 g, and for hypertensive patients — 2 g.
This information was reported by Radiotrek, reports URA-Inform.
However, completely avoiding salt can greatly harm a person’s health. Salt — it's sodium, and sodium is an important component that must enter the human body every day. And it is not produced independently from foods in the human body.
As doctors explain, sodium is necessary for the formation of bones and muscle contraction, for the normal functioning of the nervous system — Without it, the full transmission of nerve impulses is impossible.
Lack of sodium can lead to dysfunction of the nervous and muscular systems. And salt chlorides are involved in the functioning of the immune system — if they are deficient, the body's detoxification function begins to malfunction.
With a lack of salt, the body begins to use its internal reserves and it extracts the lack of substances from organs and tissues.
The first signs of a lack of salt in the body — muscle weakness. Then the person begins to get tired faster, and the state of health gradually worsens.
Lack of salt can manifest itself with the following symptoms:
-headache;
< p>-weakness;
-dizziness;
-irritability;
-frequent urination;
-inability to concentrate.
“Also when his sodium levels drop, the adrenal glands start producing more adrenaline to keep the sodium in body, which does not at all contribute to healthy, quick sleep. Sleep problems may begin, — doctors add.
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