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 great damage to our bones. The sodium present in salt removes calcium from the body which strengthens the bones, due to which the bones become weak. Sodium removes calcium from the body through urine. This causes a lack of calcium in the bones and they start weakening. 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 food and eat fresh and healthy food as much as possible.
Know what is osteoporosis
When bones start to weaken, they will start to crack. Doctors call this condition osteoporosis. In this, bones become painful and breakable. Therefore, we should eat less salt. It is very important to keep bones healthy. There can be many other causes of osteoporosis 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 strenuous exercise
Loss of altitude
curvature of the spine
How can osteoporosis be prevented?
Take a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D. Eat milk, yogurt, cheese, vegetables etc.
Limit your intake of salt. Do not take more than 5 grams per day.
Get vitamin D 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 weakens the bones.
Get treatment for low testosterone. Low testosterone can lead to osteoporosis.
