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Oversalted, Charred, Too Sweet: This is How You Save Your Food

Something went wrong in the kitchen? Most of the time you can still save your food. We give you tips on typical problems.

You weren’t paying attention for a moment, the salt slipped or the recipe didn’t work. This can happen, but don’t worry: you can usually save your food. Before throwing it away, avoid wasting food and try one of our tips.

Save oversalted food

Almost everyone has probably oversalted a meal at some point. This can often be prevented by adding small amounts of salt step by step and tasting in between. However, this is not easy with some dishes such as casseroles and it can also happen that you add too much salt all at once.

How to save oversalted food:

If you’ve just slipped the salt, you may still be able to skim it off the surface of the food.
Cut a raw potato into large pieces and cook them for a few minutes. It absorbs some of the salt. Then remove them from the pot. The same works with carrots, bread or prunes. Cook the latter for about 15 minutes.
Sweeten your dish slightly, for example with honey or maple syrup. If it tastes too sweet afterwards, you can counteract it with a little acid (e.g. lemon).
Serve unsalted side dishes with the dish, such as lettuce leaves or yogurt.
The following tips also work for foods that are too sweet, spicy or sour:

Mix soup, sauce or your stew with water, wine, milk, cream or a vegan cream or plant-based milk. You can then thicken the liquid – there are tips for this below.
Prepare the dish again unsalted (or without spiciness, sugar or acid, as required) and mix both variants together.

Too spicy food? you can do that

Sharpness is not always easy to dose. Some chili peppers are very hot, others hardly at all. In addition, everyone perceives sharpness differently.

How to save overly spicy food:

Capsaicin, which makes the chili hot, is fat-soluble. You can often save overly spicy food by skimming off the fat on the surface.
Again, add a tablespoon or two of honey or maple syrup to the food. You can then compensate for too much sweetness with acid.
Serve the dish with bread and/or yoghurt or quark or provide milk. These foods help mitigate spiciness.
You can also save food that is too spicy by cooking raw potato pieces in it for a few minutes.

Save too sweet food

Sweetness is also a matter of taste – in both savory and sweet dishes. For both variants, you have different options for saving food that is too sweet:

A pinch of salt can help tone down the sweetness of savory foods.
You can season both savory and sweet foods with acid to balance out the sweetness. Lemon juice or vinegar, for example, help with savory dishes (note: some vinegars contain sugar). You can also round off some sweet dishes with lemon juice. For others, it is a good idea to add sour fruit to compensate – for example a berry sauce or rhubarb compote.
As with other taste flaws, you can sometimes salvage food that’s too sweet by stretching it. This works especially well with rather liquid foods. Stretch them with water or a dry wine, for example, and taste them again.

What to do when your food burns

Charred or burnt food is annoying for two reasons: The black spots don’t taste good and contain harmful substances like acrylamide. So you better always keep an eye on your food. Still, you can salvage burnt or charred food.

If something burns in the pot, you may still be able to salvage your food. Be sure not to stir so the burnt doesn’t mix with the rest. Instead, carefully skim off the unharmed portion of the food and place it in a new pot. You can continue cooking the food in it. It may still taste slightly roasted – either that goes well or you can try to cover the roasted flavor with spices.
A few spots have become too dark when roasting or baking? It is best to cut them off generously. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look so nice, especially with a cake. However, you can cover up the broken spots by covering the cake with icing, vegan frosting or whipped cream, for example.

Save food that is too liquid

Soups and sauces don’t always have the desired consistency – they often just don’t want to be creamy. However, food that is too liquid can be saved easily:

If you still have time, you can let the soup or sauce simmer uncovered. This is useful if you are not that far from the desired result. If so, this method is very time-consuming and energy-consuming.
Mix about a tablespoon of flour or starch with a little water, wine, or milk. Stir the mixture into the food and cook again until thick.
(Vegan) cream or crème fraîche (substitute) can also make dishes that are too liquid creamier.
Grate a raw potato and stir it into the food. Cook them until the shavings dissolve and combine with the rest of the sauce.
Stir cold (vegan) butter into the food in chunks.

Overcooked food? You can save even that

Some people don’t mind if the vegetables are soft and the noodles have a wobbly texture. For others, overcooked food is inedible. Unfortunately, the cooking process cannot be reversed – you can still save the food:

Prevent worse by immediately removing the food from the stove. You can also rinse noodles or vegetables under cold water to interrupt the cooking process.
Garnish the food with a crunchy topping. You have many options for this – for example (roasted) nuts or seeds, homemade croutons or crispy fried tofu.
You can prepare a delicious mash, puree or vegetable soup from overcooked vegetables and potatoes.
Sear overcooked foods or gratinate them in the oven until they get a crispy surface. This works particularly well with starchy foods such as pasta or potatoes.

Cake base is broken

Cakes are often served on festive occasions, which makes it all the more important that they turn out well. A broken cake base is therefore very annoying. It can break for a variety of reasons:

You took the dough out of the mold too soon. It should always cool down first.
The pan wasn’t greased well and the dough stuck in one spot. You can prevent this by very carefully removing the dough from the mold and, if necessary, using a knife or something similar.
You tried to cut through the cake base.
Even if it is broken, you can of course still eat the cake base. How to save him:

The easiest thing to save is a cake with multiple bases, only one of which is broken. Simply use this as a middle or top pie crust by piecing it back together. In the latter case, you can cover the mishap with a layer of whipped cream or fruit, for example.
If you only have the one cake base, you can also puzzle it back together. When cutting, some pieces may be a bit crumbly later. However, a creamy filling or a layer of fruit with icing will hold the cake together.
For example, if the cake base is very crumbled, you can layer the crumbs in muffin cups, alternating with the filling. With some fruit, for example, they become delicious apple muffins. Or you turn the broken cake base into a mole cake.

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Meals on Wheels: Too Much Salt, Not Enough Vitamins

If you don’t want to or can’t cook anymore, you can often have your warm meal delivered to your home. Older people in particular regularly order Meals on Wheels. But that is anything but healthy, as the samples examined now show.

Meals on wheels put to the test

The quality standards for the meals from Meals on Wheels are high: After all, the eaters should receive all the important nutrients – with good taste and delivered warm. But how much “good” is actually in the delivered meals?

The NDR magazine “Markt” took samples of the five most expensive dishes from well-known suppliers and had them examined in the laboratory. Measured against the quality standards for meals on wheels designed by the German Society for Nutrition (DGE), all samples were conspicuous, according to the report.

These Meals-on-Wheels meals were studied:

  • Cod fillet with potatoes and vegetables from the Johanniter for 8.39 euros
  • Roast leg of lamb with beans and rosemary potatoes from the country kitchen for 8.99 euros
  • Matjes in sour cream with bacon beans and potatoes from Hamburg kitchen for 8.90 euros
  • Green cabbage platter with sausage, smoked pork, fried potatoes, and onions from Hanse Menüdienst for 9.40 euros
  • Rostbratwurst with red cabbage and mashed potatoes from Meyer Menu for 6.90 euros

Too much salt

The results of the samples show that the salt content of four of the five samples tested was too high: the front runner with 8.7 grams of salt was the matjes with bacon beans and potatoes – although it must also be said here that this result is not surprising given a salty fish. Nevertheless, only six grams of salt per day are usually recommended – and not per meal.

Too few vitamins

According to the laboratory report, vitamin C was no longer detectable in any of the samples examined. If you order meals on wheels, you should realize that the meals are kept warm for a long time – sometimes even for many hours – and that many vitamins are reduced or even completely dissolved, as the nutritionist Matthias Riedl explains in an interview with “Markt”.

Low in minerals

Calcium and magnesium are important for healthy bones, among other things, but the levels in two of the samples tested were too low. The calcium content of the cod dish (87 milligrams) was around a third lower than the DGE quality standards for meals on wheels recommend (333 milligrams).

These standards also provide for a magnesium content of 117 milligrams for a menu. According to laboratory analysis, however, the grilled sausage with mashed potatoes only contained 56 milligrams of magnesium.

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Germans Eat Too Little Fruit and Vegetables

They contain essential vitamins and minerals – and yet sweet fruit and savory vegetables do not regularly end up on Germans’ plates. Just under a third manage to consume the recommended amount of 400 grams of fruit and vegetables.

Germans eat too little fruit and vegetables

Germans eat just 289 grams of fruit and vegetables a day – clearly too little according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It recommends 400 grams of fruit and vegetables a day. A quantity that is consumed by only a third of the population.

27 percent of the women surveyed eat the recommended amount – for men, on the other hand, the figure is only 20 percent. This is now the result of the government’s response to a request from the Greens politician Bärbel Höhn, as quoted by the magazine “Spiegel”.

Fruits and vegetables are so healthy

Apples, pears, and the like not only taste great, but they also provide the body with essential vitamins and minerals. Above all, vitamin C is well represented in many varieties. It strengthens the immune system and is involved in many metabolic processes. In addition, they are low in fat and calories and high in fiber, which makes the fruits a healthy filler.

Cucumber, cabbage, and co. also fill you up thanks to their high fiber content. Legumes also provide high-quality vegetable protein, which is particularly important for vegetarians and vegans. The good ingredients of the vegetables ensure a healthy intestinal flora and fill up the mineral account. Whether nibbled on their own or mixed in smoothies: consuming delicious fruit and vegetables is not that difficult!

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Drinks That are Too Hot: Suspected Cancer

Drinking tea and coffee too hot puts you at risk of esophageal cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer suspects this and classifies very hot drinks as “probably carcinogenic”. How to drink coffee and tea without risk!

Coffee has long been suspected of being one of the possible risk factors for bladder cancer. The International Cancer Research Agency IARC has now refuted this assumption: In an article for the journal The Lancet Oncology, scientists from the institute presented new study results according to which coffee is classified in category 3, i.e. “not classified”.

But the institute, which only a few months ago classified sausage and red meat as carcinogenic, warns in the same article against consuming coffee and tea that is too hot. Fluids above 65 degrees, the researchers said, increased the risk of developing esophageal cancer. The agency bases its assumption on the number of people suffering from esophageal cancer worldwide. For example, in countries like Argentina, where the common mate tea is drunk almost boiling hot, there are more cases of esophageal cancer than in England, where the classic nine o’clock tea usually has a temperature of only 60 degrees Celsius. It is assumed that liquids that are too hot can injure the esophagus and thus promote the development of cancer.

Since the IARC only gives a general assessment of whether a product is carcinogenic or not, no statement is made as to how much the risk of cancer increases from the consumption of very hot drinks. According to the German Cancer Society, esophageal cancer is a rather rare type of cancer in Germany with 11,000 cases per year. For comparison: 71,700 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

Do not drink coffee and tea scalding hot

Smoking and alcohol consumption is still the greatest risk factors for esophageal cancer. However, as a preventative measure, it is advisable to let the coffee and tea cool down for a moment before drinking them and to refrain from consuming hot drinks through a straw.

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Curious: This is The Most Common Nightmare – For You Too?

Nightmares don’t just affect children – every second adult suffers from scary scenarios in their dreams. The topics are often similar – and sometimes strange. However, one particular nightmare is dreamed very often.

The most common horror scenarios in dreams

Why we dream is still not fully understood. Dreams should help us, for example, to consolidate what we have learned or to process what we have experienced. Nightmares, on the other hand, can teach us how to deal with fearful situations.

As with books and films, nightmares can also be referred to as “classics”. Because there are some themes that repeat themselves in many people. These include, for example, dreams in which those affected fall into the abyss, freezing in dangerous situations, deaths of loved ones, monsters and war scenarios. According to a study, Germans most often dream of spiders. In the interpretation of dreams, spiders can stand for deception, fears and intrigues, but also for luck or creativity. Here it is crucial in which way the spiders appear in your dreams.

If you have a nightmare about a spider sitting or crawling on your bed, there may be intrigue in your community. If the spider runs over your body in a dream, bad luck is said to be approaching. However, if she weaves a web, it can mean something joyful for you. By the way, the topics of dreamers are different internationally. So most Britons probably dream of expecting offspring. Many Portuguese dream of the end of the world and in Poland, according to surveys, most people dream of cats.

Nightmares – what you can do about it

We’re powerless against dreams, aren’t we? Not necessarily. There are methods that you can use preventively, but also if you have already had a bad dream.

If you have had a nightmare, you can write down the dream after waking up; this should not occur again. You can also change the dream by writing and think of a “happy ending”, for example.

Medications such as antidepressants or sleeping pills can encourage restless dreams. You should talk to your doctor about this. If nothing helps against the bad dreams, you should seek help from a therapist.

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Too Little Exercise: Are Children and Young People Becoming Sluggish and Fat?

From bed to school and from there in front of the screen: the image of lazy youth is widespread. How dramatic is the situation really? From bed to school and from there in front of the screen: the image of lazy youth is widespread. How dramatic is the situation really?

Mom and Dad’s Fears

Gunar Senf from the Faculty of Education at the University of Leipzig has done a lot of research in this area. The author of the book finds that there are definitely deficits. “Some children move too little and sit too much in front of the computer or smartphone.” Unfortunately, that always has something to do with the fear of the parents. “Many are overly cautious.”

dr Heinz Krombholz, on the other hand, describes the research on mobility in children and adolescents as “confusing”. For the scientific employee at the State Institute for Early Education (IFP) in Munich, one thing is certain: the situation is not as threatening as is often publicized – quite the opposite. “Look around the streets. The children ride bikes, skateboard or balance on the slackline.” Of course there would also be children who move less than others. “But it’s always been there.”

Krombholz also says: Inactivity is often not the problem of the children, but of the parents. The attitude of mother and father shapes the movement behavior of the offspring. And a lack of exercise is often related to the socio-economic conditions in the family.

This is confirmed by Ralf Sygusch from the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The fact that children nowadays are just lazy couch potatoes because of media use is “total nonsense”. “Children can do both: run around all day and use their smartphone in the evening.” Sygusch also thinks that the parents are responsible. “You have to set an example.” Too much control and a meticulously planned daily routine tend to be counterproductive. “In principle, however, we are a long way from parents restricting their children’s range of motion.”

Bad feeling

But there seem to be some overly concerned parents. A survey by the opinion research institute YouGov reveals how strongly people think about security. Among other things, half of the 1002 mothers and fathers surveyed stated that they only allowed their offspring to play unsupervised on their own property or in the immediate vicinity. In addition, every second person gets a queasy feeling when the offspring steps outside the door alone.

Some companies are therefore sensing big business: Concerned parents can order the “Where is Lilly” tracking watch for 159 euros, among other things. Originally intended as a tracking device for pets, the inventors have extended the radius of action to include the offspring. The device description provides additional breeding ground for overly cautious parents: “Especially in today’s world, it is important to offer parents and their children security. Who is there when you need to buy something quickly and your child wants to continue playing in the garden?”

Comment by editor Irmtraud Fenn-Nebel: Wrong care – when parents exaggerate

On the one hand, it sounds stereotypical: “Today’s” children are only attached to their smartphones and are becoming short-sighted, addicted, fat, stupid and lazy. On the other hand, digital devices and the Internet are here and “today’s” parents have a hard time finding the right balance in dealing with them. But does that justify a development that can be observed at the same time: What makes them helicopter parents who constantly circle over their dear little ones under the mistaken assumption that they have to bear everything with them?

Yes, viewed objectively, the challenges of the digitized world cannot be compared with what today’s 30-year-olds grew up with. And those who are even older have different experiences. Diverting streams in the forest, watching “Daktari”, schoolbags in the corner at lunchtime and off to wherever. When the conversation turns to “in the past,” the wild dogs of yesteryear outdo each other with tales of great freedom and daring activities.

Why don’t they begrudge their own children that, why don’t they trust them? Flashback: When the child was born, it had cute, healthy feet. How happy you were about your first steps! This went well until the educators remembered their care and deprived the offspring of their mobility. Note: A child must have a smartphone, everyone has one, they just stare at it.

How about if everyone in the class gave up and took a digital break? It would be worth a try. But that doesn’t mean that the child will cycle anywhere in the time gained. It would have to be up the hill! And this traffic! unreasonable. Daddy/Mommy drive. They like to focus their day on child care. Now it sits with its healthy feet in the car, better: helicopter. And in the trap, because some wild dogs from back then simply overdid it in their 180-degree turn.

Comment Peter Groscurth: Upbringing problems? Superfluous discussion!

Listless, overweight children and strident parents who look after their offspring in a rushed and aggressive manner. Pictures as they are currently being used.

Morals seem to be declining. A wise man puts it: “Young people nowadays love luxury. They have bad manners, despise authority, have no respect for older people and gossip about where they should work. Young people no longer get up when older people leave the room They contradict their parents, rant in society, devour sweets at the table, cross their legs and bully their teachers.”

Is it really like that? What. Parents also take care of their children nowadays – and they just buck from time to time. But many see it differently: their own behavior – earlier in puberty – is all too quickly glorified.
There is constant noise and scolding. If children are not interested in sports, our country collapses. If they do without tablets and the like, our business location is threatened with existence as a developing country in the future.
In the 80s there was the supposedly constantly playing video game generation (on the Commodore 64 or Atari). And today? Today she is doing her job well and cheerfully, is efficient and raises her own children.
Why this outcry? Usually hyperactive psychologists or life coaches, who greedily write bitterly angry books and gossip on talk shows… May their works, dust-attracting, be outmoded on the shelves.

By the way, the quote from the clever man is more than 2400 years old and came from the mouth of the philosopher Socrates. Since this misanalysis, the earth has continued to rotate surprisingly cheerfully, including all human generations on it – almost as beautiful as helicopter parents, if they existed.

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How Healthy is Fruit – and Can Too Much Even be Harmful?

Fruit is healthy. But: is too much fruit unhealthy? Experts are now showing when fruit can promote diseases such as diabetes, heart attacks or strokes.

Too much fruit: when does consumption become unhealthy?

According to the fructose even increases the likelihood of developing diabetes, heart attack and stroke. This also promotes obesity and cholesterol levels. But unlike glucose, fructose does not increase blood sugar levels.

This is finally broken down directly in the liver. However, a precursor of molecules is formed here that serves to store fat, as Dr. Philipp Gerber reports. Fat pads are no longer essential for survival these days and are therefore superfluous. They are considered unsightly, annoying and harmful to health.

Fructose has no direct benefit for the organism and, in large quantities, could stimulate substances such as uric acid, which can increase blood pressure and cause mild inflammation in the vascular system. This increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Fruit does not provide any proteins, fats or B vitamins

According to the nutrition expert Birthe Wulf, the fear that the high sugar content of fruit can have a negative effect on body weight is rather inappropriate towards Edeka. In general, the more calories we consume, the more we should consume.

Among these 5 foods there is even a fruit that is said to promote weight loss. Anyone who thinks that they can only eat fruit is also wrong, because this would lead to an undersupply of vital nutrients such as fat, proteins and B vitamins. Bananas, pears and the like do not contain enough of these or none at all, but our body urgently needs them for metabolism.

In the right amount, fruit is completely harmless and really keeps us fit. Experts usually recommend the “five times a day rule”. This states that a daily consumption of three servings of vegetables in relation to two servings of fruit represents an ideal nutrient supplement.

Fructose can be dangerous: Negative effects from sweetened drinks

The levels at which fructose becomes problematic come primarily from sweetened beverages like soda, but also honey and orange juice. Consuming these sweet products over a longer period of time can have negative effects. However, there are also some types of fruit, some of which should better keep your hands off.

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Damaged Kidneys From Too Much Phosphate: You Should Avoid These Foods

Phosphates are all-rounders in the food industry and are contained in numerous foods. However, a high-phosphate diet carries health risks. You can read here which foods you should therefore remove from your diet.

Natural phosphates: essential substances for the body

Phosphates occur naturally in almost all foods and, according to the Apothekenumschau, are neither harmful nor toxic. Quite the opposite: They are energy carriers, an important part of cell membranes and are mostly located in the bones. In its natural form, the substance is strongly bound to animal or vegetable proteins.

Natural phosphate is found, for example, in wholemeal bread, egg yolk, meat and nuts. Without the mineral, our muscles would perish. The body absorbs only 50 percent of phosphates from plant foods and 70 percent from animal proteins.

It becomes problematic with artificial phosphates. These are mostly freely soluble and are usually completely absorbed. With processed convenience foods, the body is significantly damaged.

These foods can be replaced with lower phosphate products

Basically, experts advise healthy people, as well as people with kidney disease, to buy fresh food instead of ready meals. Flavor enhancers, cheese, sausage products and baking powder should therefore be avoided as much as possible.

Many phosphate-rich foods can easily be replaced with lower-phosphate products:
Use Brie or cream cheese instead of Emmental slices
Dilute cream with water instead of milk
White bread instead of whole grain bread
Lemonade and wine instead of beer and coke
Pretzel sticks instead of peanuts
Cornflakes instead of muesli
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment criticizes the fact that there are no limit values ​​for phosphates in food supplements. Manufacturers add minerals in the form of phosphorus salts such as calcium and potassium phosphate to the preparations because the body cannot absorb pure calcium and potassium at all.

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Water: Can Drinking Too Much be Dangerous

Water supplies the body with vital minerals. But how many liters you need every day to stay healthy depends on various factors. Drinking too much water can even be dangerous for digestion and blood values.

Water Intoxication: Can You Drink Too Much Water?

If you take in more fluid than your body eliminates, the fluid stays in circulation and dilutes the blood. This has a negative effect on your body. Muscle weakness, disorientation or epileptic seizures can then follow. In very rare cases, it can also be fatal if water intoxication (hyponatraemia) occurs.

Symptoms of water intoxication:
drowsiness
nausea
headache
seizures
However, the risk of not drinking enough is much higher because it is often simply forgotten. Become aware of how important it is for you and your health to drink enough water.

Health benefits of drinking water

Drinking water has many health benefits:
high concentration/performance
improves the complexion
serves as a lubricant for the joints
helps against headaches and menstrual pain
promotes health and digestion
helps the body regulate temperature
Many underestimate the positive effects of water and resort to unhealthy sweet drinks as an alternative to quench their thirst. They taste delicious, but our health does not benefit from them. The water, like the blood, serves to transport oxygen and nutrients to the organs and their cells and to remove “waste”. So water cleans the body from the inside.

It is best to buy a reusable drinking bottle* that you can refill as you wish. Or you set a limit in the morning for how much you want to have drunk by the evening and adjust the amount to your individual constitution.

Losing weight with water: is that possible?

You can lose weight by drinking water. Water increases the number of calories you burn even when you are resting. Drinking before and during meals is also said to help with weight loss as it fills the stomach and thus reduces appetite. However, too much liquid during food intake quenches the “digestive fire”, which in turn is less beneficial because the liquid prolongs digestion time.

Because hunger and thirst are closely related in the brain, it can make you feel hungry even though your body needs fluids. The advice here is to drink a glass of water first and wait to see if the feeling of hunger persists.

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Bloating, Constant Thirst, Trouble Sleeping: This is What Happens When You Eat Too Much Salt

Salt is a natural flavor enhancer and therefore indispensable in the kitchen. Unfortunately, most people eat too much of it. Too much salt can cause unpleasant symptoms that can lead to illness.

These symptoms appear when you eat too much or too little salt

Salt pulls water out of the cells to compensate for the increased salt concentration in the body, which manifests itself as thirst. The excess salt is excreted through the kidneys. In the long run, too much salt consumption can damage the kidneys. If you also drink too little, it can lead to vasoconstriction, which leads to high blood pressure. Vomiting and diarrhea are also typical symptoms, and in severe cases, the lack of water can even lead to cardiac and respiratory disorders. Physical signs of excessive salt consumption include:
Constant thirst (balance the water-salt balance by drinking)
Puffy face (salt binds water in the body, which accumulates in the cells)
weight gain (water retention)
Food tastes bland (taste buds become deadened, reduce salt intake to rejuvenate taste buds on the tongue)
Constant headaches (salt causes vasodilatation in the brain)
Kidney stones (increased salt concentration in the urine, crystals form)
High blood pressure (vasoconstriction makes the heart pump faster)
Weak immune system (low-salt diet boosts immune cells)
sleep disturbances (rise in blood pressure due to high sodium content)
Bloating (excess salt upsets fluid balance)
Too little salt in the body is of course just as unhealthy as too much salt. You can recognize sodium deficiency from symptoms that are very similar to those of excess salt: feeling unwell, headaches and muscle pain, vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, cramps, loss of consciousness or intracranial pressure indicate a physical salt deficiency. This can be caused by frequent heavy sweating through sport or a visit to the sauna.

There is too much salt in these foods

Over 80 percent of daily salt consumption is in hidden form. Typical salt traps are ready meals such as fast food or pizza, which are not only unhealthy but also addictive. If we salt ourselves, we have a better overview of the quantity. But there are also unusual salt bombs in the daily diet. A lot of salt is hidden in these foods:
Finished products: pizza, canned meals, frozen meals, packet sauces
Sausage and meat: salami, cooked ham, meat sausage, beer ham, salmon ham
Packaged rolls and bread
Cheese: Gorgonzole, Feta, Gouda
Snacks: crackers, pretzel sticks, chips
So if you like to eat ready meals or hidden salt bombs frequently, you should take a look at the sodium content (salt content) the next time you go shopping and, for the sake of your health, opt for a lower-salt alternative.

Reduce salt consumption: low-salt alternatives

Of course, the optimal solution would be to cook for yourself several times a week in order to keep track of salt consumption. However, since many people do not want to do without certain finished products due to lack of time or lack of motivation, some lower-salt alternatives are very helpful in order not to exceed the daily dose of salt of around one teaspoon. There are these full-fledged alternatives to salt:

Finished products: Tarte flambée, tortellini, spaghetti with tomato sauce
Sausage and meat: cooked ham, turkey salami, mortadella, liver sausage or turkey breast
Cheese: cream cheese, Emmental, Camembert, mozzarella
Snacks: cheese pastries, puff pastry
Garlic has an antibacterial effect and strengthens blood circulation and the heart
Algae are the perfect source of iodine and taste salty
Celery naturally tastes salty
Soy sauce as a condiment
Yeast flakes have a cheesy note
Herbs or spice mixtures for a wide variety of dishes, completely without salt
A salt-free diet not only helps to prevent water retention in the body and thus relieves the heart, but also protects the taste buds. As a result, even a little seasoned food tastes delicious again. High blood pressure can also be reduced, and the risk of suffering a heart attack is also reduced by eating a low-salt diet.

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