Health News Desk, We often use more salt to enhance the taste of food, but do you know that eating too much salt can cause serious harm to our health? This especially causes huge damage to our bones. The sodium present in salt removes calcium from the body which strengthens the bones, which causes the bones to become weak. Sodium removes calcium from the body through urine. Due to this, there is deficiency of calcium in the bones and they start becoming weak. Apart from this, excess salt also removes water from the body, due to which the bone cells become weak. Doctors advise that consuming more than 5 grams of salt per day can be harmful. To keep your bones strong, reduce salt in your diet and eat as much fresh and healthy food as possible.
Know what is osteoporosis
When the bones start becoming weak, cracks will start forming in them. Doctors call this condition osteoporosis. In this the bones become painful and breakable. Therefore we should eat less salt. This is very important to keep bones healthy. Osteoporosis can also have many other causes such as calcium and vitamin D deficiency, hormonal disturbances, increasing age, physical inactivity and excessive salt intake.
Know its symptoms
bone pain and swelling
weak bones
feeling tired after hard work
loss of altitude
curvature of the spine
How can osteoporosis be avoided?
Eat a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D. Eat milk, curd, cheese, vegetables etc.
Consume salt in limited quantity. Do not take more than 5 grams per day.
Take vitamin D obtained from sunlight. Sit in the sun for at least 15-20 minutes every day.
Do exercise and yoga. Weight-bearing exercises help prevent osteoporosis.
Don’t smoke. Smoking makes bones weak.
Get treatment for testosterone deficiency. Low testosterone can cause osteoporosis.
