For the first time, a team of scientists from the University of Wyoming (USA) has studied the effects of salt consumption on sexual development , with very revealing results. Conducted with mice, the experiment consisted of administering different doses of this condiment to several mice and observing how they grew.
Thus, they verified that the specimens with a diet richer in sodium (between three or four times higher than the recommended one) reached puberty later, with negative consequences on reproductive health and the individual's stress levels. The same thing happened to mice that did not take salt at all.
The scientific community already knew that excessive fat intake produces the opposite effect, not desirable either: the precocious arrival of puberty. However, experts at the University of Wyoming believe that salt intake is even more critical in the transition from childhood to adulthood.
The WHO recommends taking at most five grams a day of this dressing, but processed foods such as bread, snacks, sausages and industrial sauces increase its harmful presence in the diet of Western countries.
