Benefits or harm of Salt in Your Diet

Benefits or harm of Salt in Your Diet

Posted by Unknown on Monday 4 August 2014 0

"A real gift for kidney patients is salt-free diet"

It allows for a few days to excrete the excess fluid, not downloading at the same kidney. The absence of salt in the diet also helps and wishing to lose weight.

However, every coin has two sides: for someone diet excluding salt, to be useful, and to whom it may hurt.

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An essential component of

Salt - food that can be found in any grocery store. Therefore it is difficult to believe that in the distant past because of the salt war broke out and ruined kingdom. Common salt effect on people's lives and was considered a privilege of the upper class. Today, it is - just one of the best known and most inexpensive supplements.

Salt, ie sodium chloride, is one of the most important chemical components within the various fluids of the human body. It is part of the blood, lymph, intercellular spaces, and all cells.

But in all good measure. Excess salt, as well as any chemical can cause a range of diseases and abnormalities. In particular, high blood pressure, kidney disease, metabolic calcium, osteoporosis, diseases of the joints. Moreover, the salt can be a real poison: a dose in excess of the daily rate of 100 times, is deadly to humans.

Do I have to eat a peck?

The norm, a person needs about 5-8 grams of salt per day. In the hot season, the dose may be increased to 30 to 40 grams. Unfortunately, people use much more salt than is necessary. So, very often, we sometimes unconsciously, add salt in the forthcoming dish, and then add some salt it again, sitting at the table. But often the amount of salt contained in the starting materials, already! In the most ordinary people a day diet gets about 10 grams of salt. A large number of its originally contained in animal products - meat, fish, eggs. Much less - in vegetables and fruits (with the exception of only spinach, celery, red cabbage and beets). Therefore, when administered in diseases of salt-free diet, nutritionists recommend eating boiled rice and sweetened with fruit and drink fruit juices. 

Doctors insist that control the use of salt is necessary for all without exception. To do this, you should seriously limit in your diet smoked, semi-processed and canned foods, no matter how much you do not like. They are very much salt, and also it is impossible to calculate the amount.

Features "unsalted" diet

The very idea of ​​a salt-free diet - quite robust. Especially for people suffering from hypertension and heart failure - it normalizes blood pressure, relieves swelling and improves quality of life.

Still beneficial for salt-free diet and wanting to lose weight - unsalted food seems less tasty, so these diets psychologically help limit yourself to eating. If you combine a salt-free diet with a reduced calorie diet, it is possible, albeit slowly, but still lose the "extra." When salt diet weight becomes less not because of fat loss, due to the fact that it is not salty food entails the loss of fluid from the body. Properly feeding on salt-free diet, you can have the first four days to lose a few pounds.

But it is better not to use salt-free diet in the summer. In the heat of a person sweats heavily, with sweat lost a large amount of useful trace elements. As a result - weakness and fatigue.

Need to be cautious and those who lead an active lifestyle and sports. In this case, the body more than usual needs minerals.

How much should last salt-free diet? It depends on your state of health and the goals. Usually, it extends from 4 to 15 days.

Obvious advantages

The use of salt-free diet proven medical research. Due to the normalization of receipt of salt in the body improves metabolism and internal organs. Out excess salt, which helps to get rid of the swelling. That is why such a diet can be used for pregnant women. During the salt-free diet a person at least temporarily waives calorie heavy foods and consume healthy food. Need to eat little and often, which prevents overeating.

Since the salt-free diet is especially useful for people suffering from cardiovascular disease and kidney disease, after medical examinations and consultations can even use it throughout life.

Obvious disadvantages

If you have decided on a salt-free diet, it should be remembered that it still falls into the category of hard. And not all useful! That is why it is recommended to consult a doctor before starting a course. Also, be sure it is necessary to provide alternative sources of intake of iodine and fluorine.

Some people are better to use a more gentle diet. It does not imply the complete absence of salt, but its limit in quantity. You can begin your weight loss is with her. 

Necessary restrictions

So, the main principle of salt-free diet is to avoid salt. In addition, you will need to restrict the use of certain products. This is primarily cereals and pasta, watermelons, bananas, sugar, pickles and smoked, sour and spicy dishes.

But not all so sad, because many of the foods you can eat. Namely, vegetable soups or fish broth, any vegetables, except exotic, dairy products, dried fruit, eggs, butter (not more than 10 grams per day), berries, cottage cheese, green tea and coffee.

That variant diet rated 15 days:

1 -3 day: boiled chicken breast (no more than 500 grams per day);

3-6 day: lean fish (500 grams per day);

7-9 day: porridge on the water, such as oatmeal or buckwheat, you can add honey;

Day 10-12: any vegetables except potatoes (2 kg);

Day 13-15: any fruit except bananas and grapes (up to 2 kg per day).

With this diet you need to drink up to 2 liters of water a day can be a mineral without gas.

The main rules

* Do not eat food prepared by someone else's hands, whether it's catering company, or your old buddy. You must be absolutely sure that in the preparation of food is not used salt!

* Castor should be on the table, and not near the stove - if it is possible, let other family members already salted food on the plate.

* If hunger found on the street, do not go to the cafe; best buy in the store a couple of all types of fruit to choose from and then eat.

* To the food did not seem fresh, you can use spices: pepper, turmeric, onion, garlic, horseradish, mustard, lemon juice. That's just not worth it as a seasoning to use mayonnaise, ketchup and soy sauce, because they all contain a lot of salt.

* Try and work to organize themselves salt-free "lunch." This can be oatmeal noodles with fruit flavors. But the soup or noodles from a bag strictly prohibited! But you can eat fruits, vegetables, meat or fish, cooked without salt.

* If you do not know whether this dish salt, read part of the label. If in doubt, it is better not to eat this food.

Whether to approach radically?

If you have kidney problems or excess weight, limiting salt intake definitely need, but with the mind. Therefore, salt-free diet for weight loss can be recommended only as random. For example, one day a week without salt and five-day salt-free diet once a month.

Some experts, nutritionists argue that even in a low-salt diet completely abandon the salt is not necessary. Complete failure may even be harmful, since sodium ions are involved in the metabolism and cellular activity. A little salt can be added to the broth, but only for 20 minutes until tender. Fish broth salt should immediately after you remove the scum. Vegetables salt to be 7 minutes until tender. Be careful: the amount of added salt should be minimal - only a few grains.

What else can you do to reduce the intake of salt in the body? It is useful to replace the fine-grained rock salt on the "gray". Even better - on the sea. They contain less sodium chloride, but is useful minerals potassium and magnesium. The only caveat - do not use for food sea salt bath! In supermarkets you can easily find a special food.