Don't make this mistake while eating salt, it harms your skin: Study

Skin Care: It is very difficult to eat without salt, but its excessive consumption can prove to be harmful not only for health but also for the skin. Know how salt causes inflammation on the skin in a new study...

Salt is an important part of our diet but do you know that it can also act as poison for both our health and skin. It is difficult to eat things without salt but you should keep one important thing in mind while consuming it. A study has come out according to which salt causes inflammation in our skin. According to the study, it contains sodium and its high level increases the risk of eczema on our skin or makes us a victim of it. Let us tell you what the study says…

This study has been published by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) US. According to which high sodium makes us a patient of chronic skin disease. The World Health Organization has also said that we should intake only two grams of sodium in a day.

What are the losses?

According to the study, if our daily sodium intake increases, it causes dryness and spots on the skin. Apart from this, the problem of constant itching also persists. Earlier studies had found that the sodium present in our skin is related to autoimmune and chronic inflammatory conditions, of which eczema is also one. Researchers found that people eat fast food which contains more salt and due to this the level of sodium in the skin can increase. The new study says that if the intake of one gram of sodium increases daily, then the risk of eczema in our skin increases by 22 percent.

According to the report, a single food available in McDonald's or other food companies contains about half a teaspoon of salt and this increases the intake of sodium by one gram in our body. This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology. This research was done on about 2 lakh people aged between 30 and 70 years. Urine samples of all of them were taken and tested. Researchers found that people who took more sodium than the daily intake for a long time were at a higher risk of skin problem eczema.

keep these things in mind

To avoid this serious skin problem, first of all pay special attention to the amount of salt.

For skin care, it is also important for our stomach to remain healthy. Therefore, consume green vegetables and fruits daily.

Drink water of basil, lemon or other things because they work to detox our body and skin.

Along with diet, workouts are also a must. To stay fit and fine, we must do at least 30 minutes of workout or exercise throughout the day.