{"id":610187,"date":"2024-02-25T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-extra-salt-hurt-your-kidneys\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T13:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:40:01","slug":"can-extra-salt-hurt-your-kidneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-extra-salt-hurt-your-kidneys\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can extra salt hurt your kidneys?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sodium is a mineral that your body needs to function well. When you combine sodium with the mineral, chloride, the two make table salt.<\/p>\n

Sodium is added to many processed foods, including packaged and frozen meals. Many recipes call for salt in the ingredients, and many people add table salt to their food for flavor. But according to Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist, adding too much salt to your diet is not a good thing. A recent study<\/a> in JAMA Network Open<\/i> found that adding salt to your food can increase your risk of chronic kidney disease.<\/p>\n

Your kidneys balance the amount of sodium in your body. If you’re getting too much, it builds up in your blood. Your heart works harder to pump and increases blood pressure, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.<\/p>\n

“Chronic kidney disease\u2014that’s the way that we describe what occurs when the kidney has issues with filtering wastes and toxins from the blood,” says Dr. Porter.<\/p>\n

Sodium is added to most processed foods. It’s also in a lot of condiments. “So it’s very easy for us to get way more sodium than we need. And it’s very easy for us to get a dangerous amount of sodium that has some impact on our blood pressure or our overall health,” he says.<\/p>\n


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