Salt Danger Controversy

Many say salt bad for health. Other studies mention less salt trigger death.

You may often hear that a lot of salt consumption can adversely affect the body. However, a study says that reducing salt kontorversial can actually increase the risk of death from heart attack and stroke.

The findings showed that those who consume little salt, about one teaspoon per day, showed no positive effects on health. This than those who ate more salt. Those who ate less salt actually a higher risk of death from heart disease.

The study also found that salt intake on average did not increase the likelihood of high blood pressure. The study involved 3681 healthy women and men in Europe, with a range of age 60 years.

As reported by the Daily Mail site, research conducted during the eight years measured levels of sodium in the urine at the beginning and end of the study.

Those who consume less salt have a death risk 56 percent higher for heart attack or stroke, than those who consume more. This figure appears without ignoring other risk-enhancing factors such as obesity, cholesterol levels, smoking, and diabetes.

There were 50 deaths of respondents who have the lowest salinity, 24 death of respondents with intake moderate, and 10 deaths with a high intake.

The results of this study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Released three months after the U.S. government launched a health campaign urging restaurants and food manufacturers to reduce salt usage.

"We do not support reductions of salt intake since the results of this research community," Jan said Staessen, lead researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Hypertension at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

However, scientists did not provide further details on the results of their research. They only speculate that low levels of salt in the body can trigger panic nervous system, increased sensitivity to insulin, and hormones affect blood pressure control and sodium absorption.

The study clearly reap the controversy. Some experts noted that people should still eat a little salt. The study included disanksikan because only people with normal blood pressure and young and relatively healthy.

While previous studies support the intake of salt reduction campaign, involving people with high blood pressure, aging, obesity and tend to react negatively if you eat lots of salt. Many studies suggest that salt bad for your body.

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