What harm does long-term eating too salty have

Long-term consumption of salty food can irritate the gastric mucosa, easily cause inflammatory changes in the stomach, induce chronic gastritis and other diseases, and even increase the incidence of esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. In addition, salt is metabolized by the kidneys. If you eat too salty, it will increase the burden on the kidneys and easily cause renal dysfunction. In addition, eating salty food will cause water and sodium retention in the human body. When the body fluid increases, it will cause pressure on the blood vessel wall and increase the incidence of hypertension. Therefore, it is recommended that the daily salt intake should not exceed 6 grams.