According to the UK blood pressure group, surplus salt stresses the heart and may cause hypertension, stomach cancer, kidney problems, dementia, osteoporosis (a serious bone disease), asthma, blood pressure, etc.
Kufuatana na maelezo ya shirika la maradhi ya presha ya moyo Uingereza, chumvi ikizidi husababisha maradhi ya moyo, saratani ya tumbo, matatizo ya figo, ubongo (kuwa msahaulifu uzeeni), maradhi ya mifupa (“osteoporosis”), pumu nk.