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Often food with spicy and strong salt tastes better and that is why many people eat food by adding salt on top of their plate. But, do you know that this seemingly simple habit can cause many serious physical problems. This habit can prove dangerous for your health.

According to the National Health Mission (NHM), the habit of consuming too much salt in daily food can gradually invite serious diseases. Salt is composed primarily of sodium. The body needs sodium in small amounts, but consuming it in excess can cause high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney problems and other serious diseases.

Nowadays, busy life and increasing use of packed food has further increased this problem. People with high blood pressure or kidney problems should reduce salt intake even more. Health experts say that daily salt intake should be kept less than 5 grams (about one teaspoon).

If we look at the harm caused by consuming excess salt, it increases blood pressure and puts extra pressure on the heart. Consuming too much salt also damages the kidneys and can also cause water retention, headache and swelling in the body.

Health experts say that efforts should be made to reduce salt intake gradually. For this, eat more home-made food, outside food is usually high in salt. Freshly cooked food at home is healthy.

Also, choose low-sodium options, such as using low-sodium salt available in the market. Be careful with packed food. Chips, namkeen, biscuits, sauces, pickles and processed foods contain a lot of hidden salt. Be sure to read the label before taking.

Along with this, an effective way is to adopt other methods to enhance the taste, like instead of salt, use more lemon, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, coriander, mint, garlic, asafoetida and ginger. Do not stop salt completely, gradually reduce the quantity so that the taste habit changes. Taste before eating and add salt, do not add salt without tasting.