According to a charity, reducing your daily intake of salt could help to reduce your risk of suffering a stroke.<\/p>\n
Private hospital provider Nuffield Health have released figures showing that 85 percent of citizens in the South West aren’t aware of the daily salt intake guidelines, which is set at six grams.<\/p>\n
One in three people surveyed said that they were not concerned about the amount of salt in their diet<\/a>, while 26 percent were not worried about the amount of sugar they consume.<\/p>\n 40 percent of respondents claimed to make no attempt at controlling their sugar consumption, and one in ten said they were ‘addicted to sugar’.<\/p>\n The findings also show that people lack understanding about the impact of high amounts of salt and sugar in the diet, and 41 percent of South West citizens unaware that reducing salt intake can lower blood pressure and therefore decrease the risk of heart disease and stroke. These issues are the leading causes of disability and death in Britain.<\/p>\n