Decreased intake of salt is harmful to health - study

Reducing salt intake, even significant, may not reduce the risk of heart disease

People with normal blood pressure are a restriction may do more harm than good, writes meddaily.ru. Until now, scientists were guided by the data, according to which the reduction in salt intake can reduce blood pressure.

Experts from the Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark analyzed 167 studies. In these participants reduced their salt intake by an average of 150 mol per liter. It is much more than doctors recommend.

In patients with high blood pressure that resulted in a decrease of 3.5%, while those whose pressure was normal, it fell by less than 1%. Moreover, the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood increased by 2.5%.

The changes have caused an increased concentration of certain hormones in the body and the chemicals associated with an increased risk for a heart.