{"id":645,"date":"2023-11-06T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/?p=645"},"modified":"2025-07-08T07:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:40:36","slug":"too-much-salt-can-increase-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/too-much-salt-can-increase-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Salt Can Increase Risk Of Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Researchers <\/strong>are now warning that too much salt can increase <\/strong>the risk of getting type 2 diabetes<\/strong>. We already know that consuming <\/strong>too much salt may lead to other diseases<\/strong>, including <\/strong>heart problems and high blood pressure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent <\/strong>British study, 400 000 participants <\/strong>were monitored over a twelve-year period. 13,000 developed<\/strong> diabetes. For those who ate more salt, the risk of getting diabetes was up to 40% higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type 2 diabetes is an illness, in which the body does not make enough insulin, a hormone <\/strong>that controls the amount <\/strong>of sugar in your body. There are many risk factors that lead to diabetes : age, obesity<\/strong>, lack of<\/strong> exercise, too much sugar and cardiovascular <\/strong>diseases. Around the world, about 500 million people suffer from type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition<\/strong>, researchers point out<\/strong>, people whose salt intake <\/strong>is high tend to<\/strong> eat large portions of food, thus <\/strong>becoming overweight and having a higher BMI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctors suggest using alternatives to salt – for example mint<\/strong>, rosemary<\/strong>, oregano or lemon juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: <\/em>Smart Servier<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>,
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Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • amount <\/strong>= how much of something<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • blood pressure<\/strong> = the force with which blood travels through your body<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • BMI <\/strong>= Body Mass Index<\/strong> = a number that shows how heavy you are compared to how tall you are<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • cardiovascular <\/strong>= everything about your heart and blood vessels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • consuming<\/strong> = here: eating<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • develop <\/strong>= here: get an illness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • diabetes <\/strong>= a serious disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • disease <\/strong>= illness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • hormone <\/strong>= a chemical produced by your body and which you need to grow and stay healthy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • in addition<\/strong> = also<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • including <\/strong>= among them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • increase<\/strong> = to go up<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • intake <\/strong>= to put in your body<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • lack of <\/strong>= not enough of<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • mint <\/strong>= a plant with small green leaves that have a fresh taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • monitor <\/strong>= watch, observe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • point out<\/strong> = explain, show<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • obesity <\/strong>=being overweight in an unhealthy way<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • participant <\/strong>= person who takes part in a study<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • recent <\/strong>= not long ago<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • researcher <\/strong>= person who studies a topic in order to find out more about it<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • rosemary <\/strong>= narrow leaves of a bush<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • tend to <\/strong>= probably<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • thus <\/strong>= that is why<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Researchers are now warning that too much salt can increase the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. We already know that consuming too much salt may lead to other diseases, including heart problems and high blood pressure. In a recent British study, 400 000 participants were monitored over a twelve-year period. 13,000 developed diabetes. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,50],"tags":[101,128,129],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-society","tag-food","tag-health","tag-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":966,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}