High Sodium Harmful to Liver

A new research conducted on High Sodium foods revealed that it can not only cause high blood pressure issues, it can also be harmful to Liver. A new study by one University in China published in a Diet Journal states that the so called Sodium Chloride which is notorious in causing Heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure is also capable of harming the Liver in Adults and also in developing human embryos, if comsumed in high quantities.

Some earlier studies also spoke about Sodium Chloride causing harm to the Liver, this study has gone deeper into knowing what happens at the cellular level. They fed adult mice and chicken embryos high sodium diet and observed that there was a high rate of Cell degeneration, low rate of Cell division and occurance of odd shaped cells, all which led to Liver Fibrosis.

A mechanism called Oxidative Stress that occurs at the cellular level causes all this chaos. The researchers also suggested that treating Fibrosis affected cells with a powerful Antioxidant, Vitamin C, can reduce the harmful effects to a certain extent. There is scope for deeper research in this region, where one such a study is yet to prove that Coffee can battle an advanced phase of Liver Fibrosis, known as Liver Cirrhosis. Yet, keeping away from high sodium foods right from a young age is the key.

Most restaurant-made foods and store-bought foods contain high amounts of Salt, Sodium Chloride, as a means of preservative. Canned food and Jarred foods such as Cooked beans, Salsa, Ketchup, Marinara and Sauce contain high salt levels. Chips, Pretzels, Savory Mixtures too contain high lvels of Sodium and they can be avoided by carefully reading the nutrition chart labels on the packages...however, some foods that are sold by Home-based businesses dont spend on printing labels or selling in printed packages, which makes it difficult to judge for a rookie but for someone who knows very well that these market bought obviously contain more salt, it should not be a difficult task to stay away from more salty foods.

These foods maynot taste too salty yet they contain more salt amounts. Spices and Salt tend to settle at the bottom in a package tend to settle, and that is why as you reach the end of a chips packet, the chips taste too salty than the ones eaten earlier from the top of the pack. In Countries like The United States of America, most people consume restaurant-made food or buy ready-made food from stores...from an adult to a two year old child. Other countries havenot been the test subjects yet but anyone can become a target to this problem, stay healthy, eat less salt !!