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How bad is salt for you?
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Salt: Salt is known to contribute to elevated blood pressure especially in someone who already has this problem. Also, certain other conditions such as liver cirrhosis and kidney issues may get worse when excessive amounts of salt is consumed. Overall, it's been a push recently to reduce the amount of salt in the us diet as it has been shown that typical american diet has more salt than is recommended.
Answered 10/25/2017
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