Salt and hypertension

Depending on age and gender, the human body consists of about 40 to 80% of water. For the osmoregulation, Sodium ions are essential for the human body. Na⁺ and Cl^- are, next to HCO₃^-, the most common ions in the extracellular liquid and are decisive for their volume and the osmotic balance.

The kidneys maintain the water and ions balance of the body by extracting water and ions from the blood and selectively restoring them. Thereby, the kidney function has a direct influence on the blood pressure regulation. The influence of Na⁺ on the blood pressure is explicitly described in medical literature and indisputable among experts. ^{1-4, 7-9}

What do international studies say?

The combination of salt consumption and blood pressure has been examined and acknowledged for adults ^4,7, children and teenagers3. National^1,2,8 as well as international⁹ health authorities believe that in many countries of the world the current daily consumed amount of salt is too high and recommend reducing the amount of salt to six grams per day^{1, 2, 8}. That corresponds with an amount of 2400 mg of sodium per day.

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