It has been found that excess salt not only raises blood pressure, it also increases the risk of obesity. A high-salt diet also contributes to many other woes, including esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, osteoporosis, migraines, and oedema.

People who say that it is OK eat salty food because they don’t have high blood pressure are like smokers who say I don't need to quit smoking because I don’t have lung cancer. Alarmingly among U.S. men and women, the odds over a life time of developing high blood pressure is a massive 90%, a figure that represents a much higher risk than a smoker developing lung cancer.

Excess salt is really harmful for the people, it may lead to high blood pressure and also can be responsible for the different type of diseases, salt is essential for the body, but should be in adequate amount, excess can be fatal.

That is very true and I don;'t think that people are still getting the message or if they are they don't really believe it. This biggest problem with salt intake is when you don't even know that you are doing it! This is especially true with a lot of pre packed or worse still takeaway food. At least in pre packed food the sodium (salt) has to be revealed. With your average fast food you really have no idea how much salt you are taking in. You would probably be horrified if you knew!! Eat fresh and make your own foods so that you know exactly what you are taking in.

Hi dear,
It is right salt is caused the high blood pressure and weight gain.
We should not use the more quantity of salt and red pepper for making spicy our foods. We should try to avoid it.

It is true that salt is said to cause high blood pressure if it is used too much. We all need a certain amount of salt to function but the problem comes when excess salt is put into food and then we add salt on top of that. Try to see that the foods you choose are low in salt and try also to get out of the habit of putting salt on your food and use other flavourings.