Here is another reason to ditch your salt shaker…

Yes, we have heard it all before… too much salt isn't good for us. Salt makes our bodies hold on to water. The extra water stored in our bodies raises our blood pressure. The higher our blood pressure, the greater the strain on our heart, arteries, kidney and brain leading to heart attacks, strokes, dementia and kidney disease. But did you know that salt is also responsible for calcium loss?

Doctors have long puzzled over the link between high salt diets and increased incidence of osteoporosis and kidney stones. Now Canadian researchers found a molecular link between sodium and calcium loss. In a nutshell… "sodium lost in the urine drags calcium with it. Therefore, the more sodium out, the greater loss of calcium."

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