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Lifestyle
Imy Brighty-Potts & Sophie Law

What salt really does to your body - from high blood pressure to stomach cancer

Love eating salty snacks? Partial to sprinkling the seasoning all over your dinner?

Like many people, you could be consuming too much sodium – the dietary mineral found in salt – and experts are worried about the impact it’s having on our health.

The British Heart Foundation is calling for urgent action, saying people are consuming ‘far higher levels of salt than they realise’. The charity believes introducing a levy to curb the salt content in food could potentially save lives.

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