Do you watch your salt intake? We should eat a maximum of 6 grams of it daily, but these symptoms in your body betray that you are ingesting too much salt.
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Our body needs salt to stimulate nerves, absorb and drain fluids and contract muscles. In order for these functions to run smoothly, about 1 to 3 grams per day is needed. On average, however, we consume 9 grams of salt per day. Far too much, according to De Hartstichting. The organization therefore recommends eating a maximum of 6 grams per day.
You may think that your intake is not that bad, because you don’t add a lot of salt to the food yourself. Yet the total number of grams of salt you eat every day can be higher than you think, because no less than 80 percent of what we ingest is processed in products such as bread, meats, cheese, pizzas and ready meals.
Are you curious about how much you ingest daily? Then take a look at the packaging of your food. If you suffer from the symptoms below, you may be consuming too much salt.
1. You need to pee more often
Going to the toilet more often is a classic example of ingesting too much salt. If you wake up on your own at night because you need to pee and you also recognize the symptoms below, then you should take a closer look at your daily intake.
2. You retain moisture
Bloating is common, and one of the reasons for this is eating too much of the white stuff. If you retain moisture, you can suffer from, for example, thick fingers or thick ankles, heavy legs or swollen feet. This is especially noticeable when you sit in one position for a long time, during a long car ride or if you do sedentary work and then want to get up. Keeping moving is therefore the best remedy for this.
3. You are thirsty, very thirsty
You probably know that thirsty feeling after a popcorn at the cinema. You get a dry mouth and after such a bowl you want nothing more than a drink. If you systematically consume too much salt, it also means that you are very thirsty. If you drink the necessary number of glasses of water per day and you are still thirsty, keep track of how much salt you are getting.
4. You often have a nagging headache
A symptom of not drinking enough water is a headache, but did you know that consuming too much salt can also give you a nagging headache? It is often a mild headache. This headache is probably because the salt in your body absorbs a lot of fluid, which causes you to experience dehydration.
5. You feel like (unhealthy) snacks
If your body consumes a lot of salt, there is a good chance that you will also feel like eating unhealthy snacks. So if you think about salty peanuts, chips and salty popcorn all day, it could indicate that you are ingesting a lot of salt.
