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The official advice is clear too much salt is bad for you. It raises your blood pressure and increases your chances of developing cardiovascular disease and having a potentially fatal stroke or a heart attack.
The theory goes that excess salt in your system leads to water retention in the blood, putting pressure on your blood vessels, raising your blood pressure.
To reduce that risk, says the Government, adults should aim to consume less than 6g of added salt a day, just over one teaspoonful.
Not easy when you consider that two slices of bread alone provide 1g before you add fillings or flavourings.
But now manufacturers are ‘pimping up’ coffee with everything from added vitamins to brain boosters.
Angela Dowden asked dietitians Noor Al-Refae, based in Doncaster, S. Yorks, and Helen Bond, from Derbyshire, to assess a selection; we then rated them.
Anti-inflammatory
Vahdam Superfoods turmeric coffee, £9.99 for ten single-serve sachets, amazon.co.uk
Claim: This contains ‘active’ turmeric, making it a ‘healthier solution for your daily caffeine needs’, the maker says. Turmeric has ‘anti-inflammatory properties’ as well as being a ‘powerful antioxidant [that] lowers risk of heart disease’.
Vahdam Superfoods turmeric coffee
Expert verdict: ‘There’s some preliminary research that suggests turmeric, or more accurately its active ingredient curcumin, might have anti-inflammatory effects for example, helping to ease knee pain in people with osteoarthritis,’ says Helen Bond.
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