Eating too much salt may raise your chances of getting high blood pressure—every extra gram of salt you eat daily is tied to a 16% higher chance of having high blood pressure.

Eating a lot of salt—more than 7 grams a day—might make people with high blood pressure more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or even die sooner.

Eating too much salt is linked to higher blood pressure and a greater risk of heart problems in adults.

Eating more salt every day is linked to a higher chance of heart problems and strokes—every extra gram of salt per day raises your risk by a little bit, according to a big review of many studies.

Eating too much salt might raise your blood pressure, but we’re not sure if cutting back on salt actually helps prevent heart problems because no big, fair studies have proven it yet.

People aged 30 to 54 who eat more salt over several years are 12% more likely to die from any cause for every extra 1,000 mg of salt per day—and eating very little salt doesn’t seem to help them live longer.