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Someone already mentioned to you that eating salt is deadly for you. It is completely accurate when it comes to eating regular table salt, but it is different when it comes to nature given raw sea salts. This article will help you understand more about different types of salts and ways of improving your heart health applying certain “salty techniques”.

We use salt in lots of ways such as chlorine production, manufacture of soaps and textiles. At the same time as we know that salt is useful in other spheres of our lives, high sodium consumption is clinically proven to increase blood pressure. [youtube:5Q_uc5igk1U;[link:Resveratrol] on ABC News;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q_uc5igk1U&feature=related]

It is vital to note, salt produces Nitric Oxide in our body. Nitric Oxide is a chemical responsible for many pathological and physiological processes in mammals. Too much of Nitric oxide (NO) can be detrimental and toxic that can contribute to vascular tissue collapse, diabetes, arthritis and other conditions.

As you already know, table salt and sea salt differ in quality. Regular salt is chemically bleached and deadly to our body. Contrary, organic salts are natural and contain all of the vital minerals and nutrients that our body requires. The fact is your body still needs some salt to function properly, so try to chose your salt wisely.

Several health organizations advise customers to take on average 4gm of salt daily. Yet, an average person consumes double of the recommended dosage.

Ways to lower your salt intake:

Following from Dr. Sanders research from University of Maryland, a good indication of too much salt is when a person can taste it.

First of all, regular table salt is not a pure version of sodium chloride. It is important to change your regular table salt to a more natural “sea salt” or “gray salt”. This salt does not have any chemicals added to it. Look for salts such as roasted salt, sea salt, wasabi salt, green tea salt etc. in your supermarket or specialty store.

The second vital step is to get rid of your salt shaker from the table or change it to “salt imitator”. This can totally reduce your salt consumption to a healthy norm. Generally almost all of processed foods, canned foods are already full of extra salt, so by avoiding these products and by reading nutritious boxes you can regulate your daily salt consumption.

You can also control how much salt is in your food by requesting meals cooked without salt when you are eating out. Do not feel shy to ask. Not only you are paying for it, you are also improving your health! So go ahead and ask for no salt in your food!

Recent research indicates, even genetically predisposed people to hypertension that eat less salt have lower risk to develop the disease then the people who consumed too much salt. [I:http://podcoffeemakers411.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ThomasSinclair2.png]

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