According to new research published in the European Heart Journal, people who always add salt to their food have a 28% increased risk of dying prematurely. This corresponds to reducing life expectancy by 2.28 years for men and 1.5 years for women at age 50. People who add extra salt to their food
According to a new study, people that always add salt to their food have a 28% increased risk of dying prematurely., people who always add salt to their food have a 28% increased risk of dying prematurely. This corresponds to reducing life expectancy by 2.28 years for men and 1.5 years for women at age 50.
“To my knowledge, our study is the first to assess the relation between adding salt to foods and premature death,” he said. “It provides novel evidence to support recommendations to modify eating behaviors for improving health. Even a modest reduction in sodium intake, by adding less or no salt to food at the table, is likely to result in substantial health benefits, especially when it is achieved in the general population.
“Adding salt to foods at the table is a common eating behavior that is directly related to an individual’s long-term preference for salty-tasting foods and habitual salt intake,” said Prof. Qi. “In the Western diet, adding salt at the table accounts for 6-20% of total salt intake and provides a unique way to evaluate the association between habitual sodium intake and the risk of death.”
“We were not surprised by this finding as fruits and vegetables are major sources of potassium, which has protective effects and is associated with a lower risk of premature death,” said Prof. Qi.
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