According to Karolinska Institute in Sweden, for each 2.5 extra grams of salt (equivalent to each extra gram of sodium) consumed per day, there was an average 43 per cent increase in the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. People who consumed more than 7.3gm salt a day displayed a 72 per cent increased risk of compared to those with the lowest below 6gm. Higher salt intake was also linked with a high risk of developing Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA)– a form of Type 1 diabetes in which the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the body’s own immune system.