Looking at the deteriorating air quality and increase in a number of asthma cases, health experts have suggested that salt room therapy can be highly beneficial to treat respiratory issues. It is completely natural and provides symptomatic relief to patients having respiratory issues. In this therapy, patients are asked to relax in a room in which the walls are thickly lined with salt. Light air is blown into the room to make the patients breathe the air mixed with minute salt particles which remove all the bacteria and debris after reaching the nose and respiratory tract. It also helps to build a stronger immune system that reduces allergic reaction to pollen.

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A newly found study shows that high-salt intake damages the liver and developing embryos along with high blood pressure. The sodium ions from salt regulate water movement in the body and help conduction of nerve impulses. The test was conducted on animals and found that excessive sodium led to an increase in cell death and decrease in cell proliferation which ultimately, leads to the development of fibrosis. Although on the brighter side, the ill effects of excessive salt intake were partially countered treating the damaged cells with Vitamin C.

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A new research by researchers in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Nanjing University in China, will make you want to tweak your cooking routine in the kitchen. They said cooking with chlorinated tap water and iodized table salt could put potentially harmful toxins in your food. The team found several molecules that are almost completely new to scientists created by cooking with chlorinated tap water and iodized table salt. They said that limiting cooking time and temperature, and cooking with table salt fortified with iodate instead of iodide, could be safest.

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