But eating too much salt or sodium can make it harder for your kidneys to do their job. That’s because salt makes your body hold on to water.
Excessive sodium intake causes the extra water in your blood to put additional pressure on your blood vessel walls.
This not only raises your blood pressure but can also damage the walls inside your arteries, which can collect plaque and ultimately lead to a heart attack or stroke.
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In addition, salt affects people differently. For some individuals, eating sodium has little to no effect on their blood pressure.
