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Salt in our foods: how good or bad is it?

We all know that salt brings out the best in food. It is the one seasoning that can boost the flavour factor of any dish, in just small pinches.


But did you know that high salt intake is associated with hypertension; whereas, totally abstaining from salt can be equally dangerous. So how much salt is enough salt? How does it impact our health and what is the ideal salt consumption recommended by health experts? Clinical Nutritionist Rupali Datta reveals.

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