Salt is a familiar spice in every meal, but it is the familiarity with the hand and mouth that silently affects kidney health. When you eat salty foods regularly, your body will retain more water to balance excess sodium. This leads to high blood pressure, reducing blood flow to the kidneys and causing the kidneys to overwork to filter out more salt.
In the long run, a diet rich in sodium will destroy the structure of small capillaries in the renal cau - which performs the function of blood filtration. Many studies have shown that eating salty foods increases the risk of chronic kidney disease, even accelerating the process of kidney failure in people who already have problems with blood pressure or diabetes.
Worse, the feeling of decoration due to the rich taste is just a reflex that has been formed. According to the World Health Organization, the adult's sodium requirement is only about 2,000mg/day - equivalent to less than 1 teaspoon of salted coffee, while in reality, the portion sizes of many people can be twice, even three times higher than this figure.
To protect your kidneys, you can start by gradually reducing your seasoning, avoiding braised dishes, sticking on too much sticky rice, limit salted melons, canned foods, and instant noodles. In addition, practicing to get used to a mild taste not only helps keep the kidneys healthy but also prevents high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
