“…- Increased BP is a leading preventable risk factor for heart disease (heart attack and heart failure), stroke, and kidney failure and a major contributor to premature death, dementia, disability, and healthcare costs
- Other diseases that have been associated with high salt intake include gastric cancer (probable procarcinogen), total cancer, recurrent kidney stones (causal association), osteoporosis, obesity, fatty liver, headache, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, infertility, and direct renal, and vascular and cardiac damage
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