high sodium
Too much salt
High sodium describes food, diets, or blood levels containing excessive amounts of sodium, the mineral found in salt.
Doctors warn against high-sodium diets because they can raise blood pressure and strain the heart.
Food labels flag high-sodium items: I'm trying to avoid high-sodium processed foods.
In medical contexts, high sodium in the blood (hypernatremia) indicates dehydration or other conditions.
- saltyTasting of brine
- table saltCommon food seasoning
- salt shakerSeasoning dispenser with holes
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
processed · canned · pickled · briny · chips · bacon · MSG · water retention · fast food · instant noodles · preservatives · cured · jerky · pretzels · thirst · swollen · blood pressure · deli meat
- mineral disordersiron deficiency, calcium deficiency, magnesium deficiency, potassium deficiency, hypocalcemia
- Fluid Imbalancesdehydrated, edema, fluid loss, fluid retention, overhydration
- electrolytespotassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, bicarbonate
- Metabolic DisordersPKU, Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick disease, Krabbe disease