HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DIET

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High blood pressure diet: Five surprising foods PACKED with salt
HIGH blood pressure affects one in three adults in the UK, and raises your risk of heart disease and vascular dementia. Too much salt in your diet is considered to be a major risk factor
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High blood pressure diet: Certain foods can be packed with hidden salt
Consuming too much salt is one of the major risk factors for high blood pressure
Other causes include smoking and poor diet.
The NHS recommends you consume no more than 6g of salt per day.
However, according to Blood Pressure UK, most adults in the UK are eating 50 per cent more than they should.
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High blood pressure diet: Roquefort cheese has a particularly high level of salt
Having elevated blood pressure puts you at risk of heart disease, kidney disease and vascular dementia.
Having elevated blood pressure puts you at risk of heart disease, kidney disease and vascular dementia.
Some salty tasting foods obviously contain a high amount of salt, but it can be hidden in a surprising number.
The World Action on Salt and Health said on their website: “It can be surprising which foods contribute the most salt to our diets. 
“Some foods that we eat every day are not necessarily high in salt but because we eat plenty of them they contribute a lot to our daily salt intak

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High blood pressure diet: Ketchup can contain a lot of added salt
“Salt is naturally present at low levels in all foods but around 80 per cent of our salt intake is hidden in processed food.”
Here are five surprising foods with high levels of hidden salt.
Cheese
The health pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) found in 2012 that unnecessary amounts of salt were being added to cheese.
After analysing 722 cheese portions they found roquefort, a blue cheese, was the saltiest type at 1.06g per 30g.
Tomato ketchup
According to the British Heart Foundation, there is 0.3g of salt in just a teaspoon of ketchup.

They recommend making a salsa with chopped tomatoes, red onion, coriander, lime juice and optional chilli instead

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