You've likely heard that consuming too much salt can be bad for your heart, but what about your ears?

Frequently adding salt to meals has been associated with an increased risk of hearing loss, according to a new study.

Researchers in South Korea sampled 492,168 participants aged 40 to 69 with no hearing loss whose genetic, lifestyle and health data are held in the UK Biobank.

Participants self-reported how often they added salt to food and were tracked for "incident hearing loss" over several years. Frequency of salt addition was categorized as "never/rarely," "sometimes," "usually" or "always."

Those who always added salt to food had a 23 percent higher risk of hearing loss compared to those who never or rarely did.

The link was strongest in younger adults, men and those without dia

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