2023-07-31 10:42:38
Why doesn’t salt make you fat as such?
With the scientific name “sodium chloride”, salt is a mineral of marine origin widely produced and consumed in France. The national production represents 4.2 million tons per yearn, of which only 20% are used to make table salt. Our contributionin salt would indeed come to 80% of industrial food preparations.
Salt does not contain any energy nutrients, it is said to be “caloric”, which means that it does not contain calories. In this, it cannot directly contribute to weight gain, which results from too much caloric intake.
However, we cannot say that a high consumption of salt has no effect on weight.
Why avoiding salt, however, helps to lose weight?
Salt is a very effective flavor enhancer. which means it makes food palatable and push to eat more. It is quite easy to see this by doing a test with two packets of peanuts, one without added salt and the other salted: there is a good chance that the spontaneous consumption of salted peanuts is much higher than that of peanuts. unsalted. This observation was confirmed by a 2016 study conducted by researchers at Dakin University in Australia, which found that salt found in fatty foods contributed to increase the feeling of pleasure when tasting them and to inhibit satiety, we pushing to eat more than necessary.
Salt-free diet: what are the indications?
If salt is an essential mineral for the body, excessive consumption is one of the primary risk factors for hypertension and therefore for cardiovascular disease.
The daily amount of salt recommended by the WHO is 5 g per person, and the current average consumption is 8 to 10 g per person per day! We therefore tend to eat too much salt, and we would therefore all benefit from reducing our salt intake to stay healthy.
There are several variations of the salt-free diet, which can be strict or standard depending on its indications. The strict sodium diet is prescribed for patients with kidney or heart pathologies, such as heart failure. The standard low-sodium diet is recommended in cases of arterial hypertension (hypertension) and pre-eclampsia during pregnancy (hypertension, proteinuria, weight gain, edema).
And although Initially the salt-free diet is not a diet intended for weight loss, it usually leads to weight loss, and this for many reasons. First of all, foods highest in saltwhich are therefore excluded from this scheme, are often very fat : crisps, aperitif biscuits, cheese, charcuterie, ready-made dishes, etc. By controlling the salt in his diet, we are therefore obliged to favor fresh and unprocessed foods, and therefore to eat healthier.
Moreover, as seen above, the salt-free diet encourages people to eat less, because low-salt foods are less palatable.
What are the effects of eating too much salt?
Excess salt has several possible health consequences.
First, this mineral promotes high blood pressure and is therefore an important cardiovascular risk factor.
Excess salt also increases the risk ofosteoporosisby slowing down the absorption of calcium and increasing its elimination by the kidneys.
Finally, excessive salt consumption can cause kidney dysfunctionby increasing the amount of protein in the urine,
Does table salt cause swelling?
When we consume excess salt, it becomes highly concentrated in our tissues and attracts water there by the principle of osmolarity. Water then accumulates in the tissues, which limits its elimination: this is called water retention.
We are not all equal when it comes to water retention, but the people who are most prone to it will particularly benefit from reducing their salt intake and drinking plenty of water!
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