Sodium Chloride or common salt is very fundamental to life. Salt is one of the basic taste that is biologically required. We have the capacity to consume salt more that it is required for the body. In fact we are facing the ill effects of excess intake of salt in form of Hypertension.
We should get in to the habit of reducing our salt intake to maintain a healthy and fit life. Although reducing the salt intake is not that easy as we get used to the salty taste right from our childhood. Over a period of time our taste buds would get used to the reduced salt taste and the craving will also wade off. Most of our favourite foods like fried snacks, dried fish, curried meat, pickles contain salt in large amounts. Any food for that matter contains salt for primary flavoring.
