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Salt - or sodium - is an essential nutrient that many people in the UK overdo. Too much sodium in a diet can cause hypertension, which can increase the liklihood of heart disease or stroke. Many of the UK's favorite dishes from sausages and pies to curries have been exposed as containing far more than the daily recommended sodium intake. Follow the links below to find BootsWebMD's comprehensive coverage about how to reduce sodium in your diet, how salt affects your health and much more.

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Curries are the UK’s most popular dishes, but a new study has found “shocking” levels of salt hidden in chicken tikka massalas and other favourites.

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Although he didn't consider himself to be unhealthy, Andy didn't exercise and was overweight, which earned him the nickname Chunky.The excessive salt Andy was adding to his food had raised his blood pressure to dangerous levels. High blood pressure caused his arteries to fur up and put extra strain on this heart. Most people with high blood pressure don't have any symptoms, but the condition sharply increases the risk of having a stroke.In December 2003, Andy, who ran a courier business in Warwick, collapsed at someone's doorstep during a delivery.I had a feeling like vertigo and I felt dizzy, he says. I knocked on the door and I told the person who answered that I was feeling unwell. I collapsed moments later.He had lost the use of his right side and his speech was slurred. Hospital tests confirmed he had had a stroke caused by a blood clot.

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