Most people know that if you eat much salt will increase blood pressure levels. But not many know that excessive salt intake can also cause leg swelling.
Excessive salt intake is causing many adverse effects for one's health such as high blood pressure, increased risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease.
Excessive salt intake can also cause swelling of the feet problems, especially in people who have heart or kidney disorders.
Clevelend Clinic said the swelling in the feet can be caused by a condition known as edema. This condition occurs when body fluids are trapped in the space around the cell (extracellular space).
Edema generally occurs in the feet, ankles and legs because of gravity naturally pull the liquid down into the lower regions. Therefore, this condition occurs largely in the area on foot.
People who frequently eat salt with high levels can cause mild cases of edema or swelling of the feet, as reported from mayoclinic, Monday (04/04/2011).
High salt intake makes the concentration of sodium in the blood to be rising. Increased levels of sodium causes the body to hold more water to help dilute the sodium.
These conditions make the blood volume increases and provide extra pressure on small blood vessels (capillaries) that can cause leakage. The fluid that leaks from the capillaries will go into the extracellular space that makes the body become swollen.
If the consumption of too much salt makes the feet or body parts are swollen, then that person should reduce the amount of sodium consumed. One of the main sources of sodium comes from salt, but can also be found in the form of certain food additives like monosodium glutamate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrate and sodium benzoate.
But if the foot is swollen, then try to lift or maintain the position of the foot for higher than the heart to help drain fluid and reduce swelling as well as observing the intake of sodium or salt in food.
In terms of eating salt, tirulah Eskimos, the Dayak people or the Inca Indians. They almost do not eat salt, but still be alive. They tend to be bland menu, but nothing is lacking in the continuity of the work machine body. And indeed that is what our bodies really need. So do not often enter the Chinese or Indian restaurant if more abstinence salt. Menu salt formed more by culture of urban people feel good when people find common salt. Culture hooked this salt that has unwittingly undermined the kidneys of people in the world to work harder get rid of excess sodium (sodium) from the ingested salt every day. In fact, the body does not require as much salt eating habits of our culture. We swallow the average five-six times the body needs salt from the daily menu.
Salt is known synonymous with high blood diseases. That's because not only Gedongan person who can get high blood pressure, if it is still a lot of small people who daily menu again salted fish.
Bogor Regency is said to spend tens of tons of salted fish a day. At the same time it is easy to calculate the number of cases of high blood villagers. It could be because of excessive salt consumption of salted fish since childhood.
It's really nice to have a wife of the Sundanese. He said let loose on the garden alone is able to live, because its menu fresh vegetable and condiment doang. However, if additional lauknya existence of only salted fish, dear wife can suddenly turn into wretched wife, have been married for three years has been fierce and fond complaining. Salted fish make high blood wife.
Hidden Salt
In the salt contained sodium and chlorine elements (NaCl). Elemental sodium is important to regulate fluid balance in the body, other than on duty in the transmission of nerve and muscle work.
We can not eat salt, as long as there is sodium in the daily menu. Many daily menu that keeps sodium and that was to be sufficient for the body. However, because of the sodium that is naturally contained in food ingredients do not bind to the chlorine, giving no salty taste on our tongue.
That means, despite the menu that we consume without salt or did not taste salty, does not mean the body does not get adequate sodium. Although not taste salty, beef, sardines, cheese, corn bread, and potato chips rich in the element sodium. Similarly, most of the daily menu Eskimos, Dayak and Indians who are not salty but the body does not lack sodium.
So our tongue actually was the one who has been damaged by salty food culture, so that one tends to choose the appropriate menu with which the body needs. And salty taste does improve the taste of natural menu. Salt at the dinner table our tradition evidence that demands a modern tongue tend to feel less salty menu ..
Less than Seven Gram
The body requires less than seven grams of salt a day, equivalent to 3000 mg of sodium. Most of our daily menu gives many times more times more than that.
In addition to elevating blood pressure, kidney work so much harder to throw. If so excessive thinking can make a mess and fell into a coma.
One teaspoon of salt contains 2,000 mg of sodium. Sodium is terkandungdalam every modern menu average about 500 mg. In the kidney dose was necessary overtime to tetapmempertahankan fluid balance and acid-base for the machine body was a mess from diseases caused by excess sodium is not to appear.
These types of foods that contain lots of sodium, among others, baking soda, bubuksoda sebagal preservatives, purgative (laxative), the menu that are baked, cheese, canned food and sea (seafood), and whole grains (cereals). For those who never salt, also need to avoid these kinds of sources of high sodium.
Type of food low in sodium, among others, fruit and fresh vegetables, fresh meat and poultry, cereals and grain types are cooked. In the European Union now have the product labeling requirements for certain types of foods high in sodium, so that consumers do not get caught eating them to excess. Among these, various kinds of sauces, processed fish, bread, soup, seasoning salt (MSG), and now includes also all types of baby food (not table salt used to belong to an additional ingredient in food or food additive).
Not only high blood pressure, people who suffer from heart disease and swollen legs, need to limit sodium intake as well. Likewise if suffering from kidney disease, pregnancy poisoning (toxemia gravidarum), and liver disorders. Including those who are undergoing corticosteroid therapy with a drug class (acid patient autoimmune illness, skin, kidney nephritic syndrome).
In addition, many disorders that raise the levels of sodium in the blood (hypernatremia), as in diabetes insipidus (urine and hold), chronic renal failure, excess calcium (hypercalcemia), or potassium deficiency (hypokalemia), including when the body loses fluid as in much sweating, diarrhea, and disease is less drinking (impaired sense of thirst). And of course eat a lot of salt, without accompanied adequacy of drinking.
However, if too strict abstinence salt can be dangerous too. Lack of sodium and chlorine can drastically be another burden for the kidneys, with symptoms of swelling (edema) as well. The foot was swollen because of heart disease, liver, or kidney, in contrast with the swelling because the lack of sodium.
That abstinence sodium divided into strict abstinence, just 500 grams of sodium equivalent to 1.5 grams of salt, abstinence is 800 grams (2 grams), and never light 2000 grams (5 grams).
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