What happens if you don't eat salt

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Salt is so familiar to us. Everyone has to eat it every day. Salt is a necessary element for our body. When we eat every day, we can not only supplement energy, but also salt. Oh, do you know the symptoms of salt deficiency?

What happens if you don't eat salt

First, we advocate a light diet. This is mainly because if you eat too much salt, it will cause a certain burden on the human heart. But if you don't eat enough salt, other problems will come.

Second: the main component of salt is sodium, the body will feel dizzy, fatigue, loss of appetite, heart rate acceleration, weak pulse, muscle spasm, headache and other symptoms.

Third: long term sodium deficiency is prone to heart disease and can lead to hyponatremia syndrome. The main symptoms of salt deficiency were fatigue, dizziness, fainting when standing upright, normal or increased urine volume, low specific gravity of urine and postural hypotension. In addition to the above symptoms, the moderate patients had decreased skin elasticity, poor diet, nausea and vomiting, decreased urine volume, still low specific gravity, indifferent expression, and decreased blood pressure, resulting in less than 12 kPa; in addition to the above symptoms, the severe patients had shock, coma, and oliguria.

matters needing attention

In addition to salt, there are many foods that contain a lot of salt, but the taste does not come out, such as vegetables (wax gourd, tomato, pumpkin, cucumber, radish, spinach, cabbage, cabbage, rape, celery, lotus root, onion, eggplant, potato), fruits (apple, pear, banana, peach, strawberry, plum, persimmon, grape, citrus, grapefruit, lemon) Beans, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, nuts (almonds, chestnuts, coconuts), tea, coffee, wine, etc. are alkaline foods, rich in potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and other metal elements, especially kelp and sweet potato are strong alkaline foods. If the body lacks sodium, it is best to take dietary supplements.