Thread by @aproko_doctor

Do yourself a favor, look at the back of your noodles. Check the amount of Sodium at the back.

You're supposed to have less than 2.3g of Sodium PER DAY, anything higher places you at risk of hypertension

Add work stress to this, you can see that you may not be helping yourself.

Sodium pulls water to itself, taking a lot of Sodium will attract more water into your bloodstream, more water in your bloodstream means the volume of blood in your bloodstream has increased forcing your heart to work harder and over time, damage your kidneys

Cut down sodium.

Yes, your body still needs sodium for other processes, but like I said, less than 2.3g daily or a teaspoon of salt.

You can still reduce the amount of salt you take on a daily basis, if you must take noodles, don't use all the seasoning.

Your taste buds will adjust. Trust me

Many of us have family histories of hypertension, take this serious. Especially if you're African. You're at risk

The thing with hypertension is this, it has no symptoms till something is affected, a stroke, kidney failure, heart attack etc.

Reduce your processed meat, many of them contain or are preserved with salt.

If you buy canned food, do well to rinse with clean water to wash off some of the salt

Exercise: Exercise lowers your blood pressure

Processed foods contain salt, limit them

Check your blood pressure