Table salt
Salt can cause issues with blood pressure. If your blood pressure is too high, your arteries can harden and narrow, resulting in a greater chance of heart disease. Dr. Koshy doesn’t add salt to any food or when she cooks. She doesn’t even have a salt shaker on the table.
“It doesn’t matter what kind of salt it is—Himalayan sea salt or pink salt—if it has salt in its name, it is no good,” she says. If you’re struggling with high blood pressure, limit your salt intake and introduce your salt-craving taste buds to spices like cumin, curry, garlic, rosemary, cinnamon, etc. The results could be significant in lowering high blood pressure.
