What happens when humans consume too much salt? I love eating sunflower seeds (in the shell); I quit smoking back a few months ago and this helps keep my mouth busy... but I worry that I am getting too much salt. What will happen to my body and what are some alternatives you can think of to chewing sunflower seeds? I don't much like sweets/sugary candy.
2006-06-21 03:58:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Too much salt leads to fluid retention and eventually hypertension, which can cause strokes, heart disease and organ failure. It's serious stuff.
Alternatives: Ice cubes, but crunching them is not good for your teeth. Unsalted air popped popcorn. Raw, unsalted nuts like almonds, but in moderation. Crunchy vegetables like celery, radishes, carrots or jicama (yummy!).
2006-06-21 04:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by Fogjazz49-Retired 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you get unsalted sunflower seeds? Too much salt will cause you to retain fluids....which will make you swell up...and may cause hypertension.
2006-06-21 04:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Irish1952 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You retain so much water that you look like Anna Nicole before Trim Spa.
2006-06-21 04:05:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you eat to much salt(all at the same time i mean a lot of salt) you die
2006-06-21 04:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can,and an overdose results in death.
This is popular with babies in cases of Munchhausens by Proxy
2006-06-21 04:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by platermanuk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll loose all your fluids start to cramp up and your skin will dry up and you'll feel bitter taste in your mouth and nausea
2006-06-21 04:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by captspankey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can develop hypertension. Not good. Eventually you will need to curb your oral fixation.
2006-06-21 04:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by JustJake 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it gives you kidney failure,it raises your BP ,it is dangerous allround
2006-06-21 04:03:07 · answer #8 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will retain fluids, try unsalted
2006-06-21 07:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by zipman10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - you'll get thirsty and bloated.
2006-06-21 05:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by Sharp Marble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋