At present, many people have a habit of consuming salt. Or sodium 2-3 times more than the amount the body needs. Eating foods that is high in sodium has negative effects, causing high blood pressure. Increasing protein leakage in the urine, and also having a direct negative effect on the kidneys.
Normally, the body gets sodium from salt use in cooking. But besides salt, sodium is hidden in many types of food that we might not think of, such as:
- Baking products that use baking powder as an ingredient, such as bakery products. Because baking powder contains a high amount of sodium.
- Processed foods, such as food that has been process in factories, whether it is ready-to-eat food, semi-prepared food, canned food, แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ, pickled food, crispy snacks, including various processed meats.
- Various types of seasonings such as fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, fermented fish, instant soup, MSG, or almost any type of seasoning.
- Freshly squeezed or processed fruit juices sold in the market often have add salt or other ingredients for flavoring, which contain sodium.
- Sports drinks that athletes like to drink, if you drink more than the recommended amount. You will get too much sodium.
And many people believe that salt is the main cause of kidney failure. But in fact, salt is just a form of sodium and can hidden in other foods and seasonings besides salt.
Each day, the body should receive an appropriate amount of sodium. Which is no more than 1500-2000 milligrams of sodium or no more than 1 teaspoon of salt. Compared to no more than 4 teaspoons of fish sauce. ‘Eating a lot of salt’ or receiving more sodium from food than necessary will affect the body. And cause various diseases such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, heart and blood vessel disease .