Jun 29 2008
LOW SODIUM DIET BENEFITS - The List Continues On and On …
Because most people, and especially most Americans, ingest an incredible amount of salty foods there is good reason to look at the health problems associated with such eating habits! While sodium is a electrolyte your body needs, if taken in large or unbalanced quantities, it can and typically will have negative complications such as:
- Kidney Stones
- Stomach and nasopharyngeal cancer
- Osteoporosis
- Myocardial infarction
- Hypertension and all complications surrounding it
- Complications of cirrhosis of the liver, congestive heart failure, and kidney failure
