Although many researches have proved in the past that excessive consumption of salt can also cause many major diseases and some life-threatening diseases, but now a research has shown that its excessive use can also cause mental illnesses.
According to research published in the research journal ‘British Pharmacological Society’, a new study conducted by Japanese experts has shown that excessive consumption of salt can not only cause high blood pressure but also mental illnesses.
Experts studied mice to test the negative effects of excessive salt consumption on the brain and human nerves, and the mice were given more salt water and food for 12 weeks.
Later, the experts reviewed the nerve, physical and mental condition of all the mice and tried to find out which chemicals or proteins increase by using more salt, which cause diseases and problems.
Experts found that consuming more salt increases the amount of ‘tau’, a protein that controls emotions and memory, which can increase the chances of ‘dementia’ or ‘Alzheimer’s’.
In addition, experts noted that excessive salt consumption also significantly reduces the calcium protein called CaMKII enzyme in the brain of mice, this protein works to send signals between waves in the brain or the nerves present there.
Similarly, experts noted that excessive salt consumption caused changes in a protein called PSD95 in the brain of mice and this protein acts as a link between cells in the brain.
Similarly, experts also examined the effects of excessive salt consumption on the nerves of mice.
Experts noted that consuming more salt is also causing changes in the two main hormones of the rat nervous system (angiotensin II) and (prostaglandin e2) and their partial hormones that are causing high blood pressure.
These two hormones and their partial hormones work to improve and standardize blood flow in human veins and transport it to other parts of the body, including the heart and brain, while one of these hormones also helps to stop blood in case of injury or bleeding.
Experts said that due to excessive salt consumption, significant changes were seen in many proteins and hormones of the nervous and brain system of the mice, which can cause high blood pressure and brain diseases.
According to experts, using more salt increases the chances of not only high blood pressure but also brain dysfunction or diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Experts say that generally every person should eat a maximum of 4 grams of salt daily, but in today’s era, due to barbecue and fast foods, the daily consumption of salt in humans has reached 15 to 20 grams, which is five times more than the required amount.
