A new study showed that a diet that contains a lot of salt can contribute to increased levels of tension, and scientists in studies conducted on mice found that a diet rich in salt increases the levels of tension hormone by 75 %.
Experts hope that the results will encourage a public health policy review on salt consumption, with the aim of reducing manufacturers of the amount of salt in manufactured foods.
It is advised to eat salt for adults less than 6 grams per day, but most people eat about 9 grams regularly.
This can contribute to high blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and vascular dementia, while the effects of the heart and blood circulation have been well proven, not much known about the effect of a diet rich in salt on a person’s behavior.
To study this, experts from the University of Edinburgh used the mice, who usually follow a low -salt diet, and give them high -salt food to reflect the usual income of humans.
They found that stress hormone levels during rest not only increased, but the response of the mice hormone to environmental stress was the weak response of mice that followed a natural diet.
Eating salt has increased the activity of genes that produce proteins in the brain, which controls how the body responds to stress.
Experts say more studies are already underway to understand whether eating large amounts of salt leads to other behavioral changes such as anxiety and aggression.
The study was published in the Cardiovascular Research Journal, funded by the British Heart Foundation and Kidney Research UK
Matthew Billy, professor of kidney function at the Center for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh, said: “We are what we eat, and understand how high -salt food changes our mental health is an important step to improve luxury, we know that eating a lot of salt harms the heart, blood vessels and kidneys, tells us This study is now that the high salt in our food also changes the way our brain deals with stress.
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