Healthy adults should eat no more than 5 grams of salt per day; patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac insufficiency and renal insufficiency should have their salt intake reduced; for heavy manual laborers, their salt intake can be slightly increased; and the salt intake of children is also different from that of adults.
1. The average healthy adult should eat no more than 5 grams of salt per day. 2.
2. Patients suffering from hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac insufficiency and renal insufficiency should control their daily salt intake to less than 3 grams according to the severity of their illness.
Because the main component of salt is sodium chloride, if the intake of salt is too high, sodium chloride is retained in the body, which can indirectly lead to water retention, and in the long run, it will lead to elevated blood pressure and overloading of the heart. For patients with renal insufficiency, salt should also be consumed sparingly due to the decreased ability to excrete sodium chloride through the kidneys.
3. Heavy manual laborers sweat a lot, and sodium chloride can be secreted in their sweat, which may lead to hypotonic dehydration, and the salt intake of these people can be slightly increased.
4. The salt intake of children is different from that of adults and should be analyzed according to the age of the month or age.