Excessive Intake of Salt Could Be Harmful

There is no doubt that excess of anything is bad and that’s why salt intake has become so debatable now. It was told that intake of salt beyond a particular limit could trigger the concerns of high blood pressure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer, obesity, kidney disease and kidney stones.

Keeping in mind all the range of health challenges, a campaign was started on Friday with the joint collaboration of the Yashoda Group of Hospitals and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The main aim of this drive is to ensure that targeted information could be given to those who are under the risk of high salt intake.

Among others, Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy, GHMC commissioner, M T Krishna Babu and Managing Director of Yashoda group of Hospitals, G S Rao were seen backing the noble cause. In order to make a huge impact, the organizers created a 10-12 feet high salt laden scary monster in the name of ‘the Salt Monster’. Placed at nearly 60 places, the attempt depicts that salt has become a silent killer for people.

There has been significant shift in number of people who are gorging on packaged, processed and ready-to-eat foods, which not only contains significant amount of sodium but has large amount of salt also. The complex mixture of salt and sodium in regular diet could significantly affect the quality of life.

If recommendation by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is to be concerned, it has been found that an average Indian consumes about 30 grams of salt, which is beyond the permissible limit. There is significant risk of heart stroke and other attached health concerns in India as it was found that majority of Indians are fond of using it.

With the report making reverberations in the contours of the society, it’s being believed that significant efforts are required to address the percolating concern.