Salt contains sodium, this nutrient important for the health of the body, and it is not recommended to reduce its intake so as not to cause low blood pressure, dizziness, and many other health problems.
Excessive salt intake is also a harmful trick for the body. Everything moderate in eating it is better for you and your general health, because too much may cause high blood pressure, and cause heart muscle weakness, especially if you suffer from heart problems.
On this, Dr. Hossam Fawzi Hashem, a consultant cardiologist at the Heart Institute, confirmed that salt is not harmful and not eating it causes a drop in blood pressure, especially during the summer due to the loss of a large percentage of fluid inside the body through sweat, and also they feel unable to do any activity. Daily, laziness, and causes constriction of blood vessels as a result of a lack of salt in the blood, and therefore it should be eaten in moderation.
He added, that excessive salt intake is harmful, especially for people with high blood pressure, or those who have a tendency to raise its rate in the blood, as well as kidney patients, patients with weak heart muscle, and those who have undergone valve changes in the heart.
Fawzi pointed out that the excessive consumption of salt causes constriction in the blood vessels, and in the case of a weak heart muscle, it is difficult to pump blood, and here the matter becomes worse for these patients in case of excessive salt intake because they are exposed to more weakness in the heart muscle, especially in the event of arrival The rate of heart muscle weakness is 55, a person must reduce salt levels as much as possible to maintain his health.
Finally, the cardiologist confirmed that it is not recommended to stop eating salt unless a blood analysis is performed to determine the level of sodium in the blood, and it is proven that it is high, and the doctor gives the person diuretics and other things that help lower this high percentage, and then he can eat salt.