India, July 30 -- Salt is also known as sodium chloride, and as per Harvard School of Public Health's healthy eating website, The Nutrition Source, salt contains 40% sodium and 60% chloride. It is particularly the sodium consumed through salt seasoning that is alarming and has been flagged by the medical community. So if you are still salty with your mother for not passing the salt at the table, she has all the right reasons to do so. HT Lifestyle reached out to experts to understand more about the risks of sodium for the body's functioning and what you can do instead.

First, let's understand the Indian dynamic and where India's sodium consumption stands in comparison with global health limits.

Dr Shaikh Mohammed Aslam, HOD and consulta...