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    J AGR FOOD CHEM: A high-salt diet may damage the liver

    • Last Update: 2021-02-16
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    it is well known that excessive salt intake can lead to high blood pressure. A new study published
    in the journal Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    suggests that a high-salt diet can also lead to liver damage in adults and embryos.human body needs salt (chemically named sodium chloride) to perform some basic functions. For example, sodium ions help control the transport of water and can carry electrical impulses in the nerves., however, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (
    CDC
    ), most Americans consume too much sodium - mainly from salt. Excessive sodium intake is associated with high blood pressure and is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.americans agedand over have an average daily sodium intake of more than
    3,400 mg
    , while the National Dietary Guidelines recommend
    1,500 mg
    for most U.S. adults, more than double that limit.most of the salt consumed by Americans doesn't come from salt bottles - food already contains salt when it comes to the table, and it comes mainly from processed foods and restaurants. Therefore, when recommending that people reduce their salt intake, it is necessary to reduce the sodium content of food producers when packaging and preparing food, taking into account the labels on food packaging to select some low-salt products.excess sodium can lead to changes in liver cells associated with liver fibrosisprevious studies have shown that excess sodium can damage the liver. In the new study, researchers hope to explore cellular changes in detail at the cellular level.researchers at the same time exposed chicken embryos to a high-salt diet in adult mice. It was found that excessive sodium can lead to a series of changes in the liver, such as liver cell malformation, high cell mortality, low cell division rate, which can lead to liver fibrosis.liver fibrosis occurs when extracellular proteins such as collagen accumulate in liver cells. Extracellular substrine proteins are cells that support liver work, such as cells that break down aging and damaged cells and metabolize fat to supply energy.study suggests that in adult and developing embryos in high-salt environments, the mechanism by which high salt can cause liver damage and liver fibrosis is oxidative stress.is an imbalance between reactive oxygen (free agent) and antioxidants, and generally an increase in the amount of reactive oxygen. This imbalance increases the number of inflammatory cells and promotes the death of liver cells, leading to aggressive fibrosis., however, the researchers found a more promising result -- using
    VC
    , an antioxidant, to treat damaged cells that appear to reverse cell damage caused by high salts.original source: catharine Paddock.High-salt diet may harm liver. MNT, 25 February 2016.Guang Wang et al. Liver Fibrosis Can Be Induced by High Salt Intake through Excess Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production.J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (7), pp 1610

    1617.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05897
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