Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives

Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives12 Feb 2013-nbsp;-nbsp;-nbsp;

Reducing the amount of salt the U.S. population consumes could save hundreds of thousands of American lives, according to recent research published in the journal Hypertension.

Salt is a chemical compound, called sodium chloride. Its chemical formula is NaCL. NA = sodium and CL = chlorine. Sodium chloride consists of 60% chlorine and 40% sodium. Sodium is the part that affects our health.

A high sodium intake can be very detrimental to one's health, leading to a series of negative health effects.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends consuming no more than 1,500 mg of sodium per day