{"id":978,"date":"2022-09-20T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aptefitness.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:03:13","slug":"what-are-the-health-effects-of-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aptefitness.com\/en\/quels-sont-les-effets-du-sel-sur-la-sante\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the health effects of salt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What's the difference between salt and sodium?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt consists mainly of sodium chloride. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NaCl), but also contains other minerals. Sodium is therefore a chemical compound that makes up part of salt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What are the benefits of salt and sodium?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sodium is an essential electrolyte for the human body for many reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It maintains and regulates the body's fluids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It hydrates the body during physical effort or following any activity that generates perspiration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like potassium, sodium is required to enable the body to carry out any muscular contraction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt also enables the formation of nerve messages in neurons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt's high mineral content, such as magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium, is good for your health.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What are the consequences of excess sodium?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consuming too much salt can lead to an increase in blood pressure due to its role in controlling blood volume. Too much salt in the body can also lead to kidney damage, heart problems and the well-known phenomenon of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aptefitness.com\/en\/why-does-my-weight-fluctuate-from-day-to-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">water retention <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aptefitness.com\/en\/why-does-my-weight-fluctuate-from-day-to-day\/\">which will vary the weight on the scale<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What's the best salt to eat?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend using Himalayan or other raw salt rather than table salt, as the latter is so refined that it has virtually no benefits. Refined salt is used mainly in processed foods, and should be avoided as far as possible for your health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How much salt do you eat a day?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dosage of 1500 mg per day is recommended, and can be increased according to a person's level of physical activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Is salt bad for you?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, the sodium contained in salt is an essential nutrient with many benefits, but its daily intake must be controlled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le sel, compos\u00e9 de sodium, est primordial \u00e0 la survie d\u2019une personne et m\u00eame indispensable \u00e0 l\u2019organisme puisqu&rsquo;il qui joue un r\u00f4le crucial dans la physiologie des cellules en ralentissant leur vieillissement et en favorisant les \u00e9changes cellulaires.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"acf":{"label":"test","link":"test","desktop_label":"test","mobile_label":"test","description":"","title":"test","content":"tet","image":5053,"second_title":"","has_logo":false,"has_button":false,"button":{"label":"test","link":"test"},"has_app_download_buttons":false,"subtitle":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Les effets du sel et du potassium sur la sant\u00e9 | Apte Fitness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tu te demandes si tu consommes trop de sel ou si le sodium est bon ou pas pour ta sant\u00e9? 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