What salt does do to your food and body - The Food Chain podcast, BBC World Service

Do you know how much salt you should be eating? And if I tell you it’s less than 5 grams a day, do you know how much that is?

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Ruth Alexander explores the wonder of salt and why chefs think their job would be pointless without it and why the impact it’s having on the food might surprise you.

Professor Paul Breslin tells us about the “magical” chemical reaction happening on your tongue when you eat salt, and why your brain responds to that.

We hear about what eating too much salt can do to you from an expert in Australia, as well as a mother in Kazakhstan who cut out salt almost completely – in a country which has one of the highest consumptions in the world.

00:00 Introduction
00:56 How a chef uses salt
05:05 The science behind salt
09:36 What salt does to your body
17:00 The saltiest city in the world?
23:37 The salt test

Presented by Ruth Alexander
Produced by Hannah Bewley

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