Salt compromises your health.

Health is Wealth
He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
Health is the main concern as far as life is concerned.No amount of wealth or fortune cannot replace good health.Anyone without health cannot enjoy wealth.in this blog we are going to discuss about an enemy which many of us fail to see.This enemy is present on our dinning tables and is popularly known as table salt.
Many of us go and eat at fast food joints like McDonald's and Kentucky chicken etc without realizing the amount of salt present in the French fries or Chicken.Many of us diet on oil and cholesterol but hardly can prevent a heart attack.The reason is simple that we have failed to stop guzzling common salt.This can cause severe health problems.Eating junk food and processed food like cheese,chips and other popcorn stuff can increase your salt intake by up to 10-13 gms.Health is at risk when junk food becomes a habit.
How is salt responsible for heart attack?
Salt is present in bread,butter or food that we eat.It flows in our blood thus clogging the arteries which supply blood to the heart.Once the arteries are totally blocked a person can get a fatal heart attack.We should reduce our dependence on salt.According to WHO the admissible amount of salt is 2-3mg but in Asia the quantity consumed per person can be 10-15 gms per person.More and more research has shown that raw foodism is catching up.Fruits and green vegetables in salads can enhance health benefits thus reducing the heart problem by as much as 80%.
Salt is also responsible for Obesity and high blood pressure!
Salt present in the arteries can increase water retention thus making a person look plump.The salt present in veins and arteries can contain 1 liter of water.loosing salt will allow this extra water to be lost.The salt accumulation on the artery wall can slow down or increase blood pressure.Reducing salt intake by 70% can reduce further health risk.

DRINK WINE & EAT CHOCOLATE FOR HEALTH!

Flavonoid or Bioflavonoids are derivatives of plants with antioxidant properties.In the media mostly they are known as Bioflavonoids.They are abundantly present in plants and flowers and protect them from insects and other plant diseases.Research has shown that the animals when they eat these plants boost up their own immune systems against diseases.Human too benefit from its antioxidant properties as they are known to be good for heart and contains anti cancer properties.Flavonoids can be found in food products like fruits and specially Cacao is abundantly rich in Flavonoids.Medical fraternity always advise to eat black bitter chocolate as it protects you from heart related problems.
How does Flavonoids protect human?
Human body is a wonderful healing machine on its won provided that immune system is working properly.When ever some foreign substance or compound is detected inside the body,it releases certain hormones which act as fighters against the substance.In this process certain hormones which were lying dormant get active thus flushing out toxins from the body.This process not only gets rid of anti radicals(harmful cells) from our body but boosts our metabolic rate too.Blood circulations improves thus supplying oxygen to each part of the body. Flavonoids show anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory , anti-microbial and anti-cancer activity.Medical establishment has specially become too interested in Flavonoids because they protect from cardiovascular diseases. Flavonoids could also induce mechanisms that help kill cancer cells and inhibit tumor invasion.
Where can we get Flavonoids?
Fruits like Cacao and wine are good sources of Flavonoids.Eating black bitter chocolate in moderation can help protect heart from failure.
Green Tea:Black tea is made by oxydising the fresh leaves thus getting rid of flavonoids.Green tea is steamed thus flavonoids remain undisturbed.So Green Tea is rich source of Flavonoids.
Wine:Grape skin contains rich quantity of Flavonoids.Thus both red and white wine are beneficial.Red wine is even better because red grapes are fermented in presence of skin.Dark chocolate:Cacao is a rich source of Flavonoids.However Cacao is bitter in taste so most companies remove it .It is advisable to eat only black bitter variety of chocolate as it contains flavonoids.