The reason why salt is called the silent killer is because intake of too much salt also known as sodium increases your risk of high blood pressure.
The high blood pressure is also called the silent killer because there are often no symptoms of high blood pressure.
The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to get your blood pressure checked.
Consuming too much negatively affect your health, especially if your kidneys are not working well or you have high blood pressure or heart disease.
The excess salt consumption can cause high blood pressure and even strain the kidneys and lead to discomfort during dialysis and fluid buildup around your lungs and heart.
Excessive salt consumption mainly harms your kidneys as your kidneys struggle to filter out the extra sodium, and your heart as it must pump harder against the increased blood pressure, which raises your risks for heart disease, heart failure and or stroke.
The excess salt also stresses your blood vessels and can also affect your brain and stomach lining.
Your kidneys balance the sodium, and some salt intake is okay, but too much salt intake forces your kidneys to work harder to remove the salt and excess fluid, which leads to kidney strain.
The strain on the kidneys can impair the kidneys filtering ability, which increases your risks for chronic kidney disease and kidney stones.
Salt also makes your body hold onto extra water and increases your blood volume and forces the heart to pump harder, which raises your blood pressure.
The high blood pressure damages your blood vessels and significantly increases your risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure.