Why low-sodium salt is bad                    for health

Hello friends, today I come with a new topic related to health issue. so I telling you why low-sodium salt is bad for your health. In this article we learn more about what we can do for it. So let's start.

In today's high intake of sodium a key component of the common salt we consume daily causes hypertension and a host of diseases associated with it. But what happens function if you try cutting down on sodium intake by opting for low sodium salts being marketed by many companies?

Nephrologists say the sub-stitution is an equally bad choice because low-sodium salts have higher percentage of potassium, which, if consumed high amount in larger amount, can be equally bad for health. It can cause hyperkalemia excess levels of potassiumin in blood. It known to cause symptoms such as weakened pulse, slow herartbeat or muscle weakness.

According to Dr R P Mathur ( Senior consultant and head of nephrology division at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences ), "I get four to five kidney patients every month who have switched to low-sodium salt without consulting doctors. In some cases, the change is highly detrimental to health and patients have to undergo emergency dialysis or implantation of a cardiac pacemaker."

Low sodium salt are marketed by FMCG companies as a panacea to control high blood pressure.
Doctor said it was not advisable to use any special salt without consulting the treating doctor.
Doctors from India super speciality said in 2013, a 55 year old woman came with a short history of tremulousness of hands.

"She was known case of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and diabetic neuropathy on conservative treatment with stable renal function.

On routine investigations, she was found to have hyperkalemia. ECG showed tall T waves but her vitals were stable," they said.

Perusal of her documents, doctors added, revealed no medication was likely to cause hyperkalemia but when questioned about her dietary practices, the woman revealed that she had started taking low sodium salt as it was advertised as being helpful for blood pressure control.

"Our patient could be managed successfully with anti hyperkalemic measures and symptoms completely after correction of hyperkalemia,'' they wrote. 

Doctors, however, warned that they have come across a number of cases where patients with renal diseases use "low salt" substitutes without being aware of its potential life threatening side-effects and develop hyperkalemia.

"These salt substitutes are a marketed as low sodium salt but it is not appropriately highlighted that they contain potassium in higher amounts.
Hence, although patients were instructed to reduce potassium intake, they were unknown wingly taking these salt substitutes with high potassium content," doctors said. 

Your questions:

Q. How much salt is okay ?
Ans. Less than 5 grams salt is okay per day per person.

Q. Why it's needed ?
Ans. Salt is essential for nerve and muscle functions.

Q. What happens if you consume too much of it ?
Ans. Sodium is an important component of salt. If taken in high amount salt can cause hypertension or high blood pressure. It can trigger heart attack and stroke.

Q. What happens if you consume salt with low sodium ?
Ans. If you consume low sodium salt it contain potassium in higher amount.

It is good for a healthy person but in people suffering from diabetes cardiac, and renal diseases.

In advisory doctors said instead of looking of substitute focus on cutting down salt intake to reduce blood pressure and stay healthy.

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