Your daily food is tasteless if there is no salt in it. But the same salt becomes your enemy if consumed in excess quantity. Many of us eat more salt than what is required in our daily dosage. Consumption of excess salt is dangerous for children as well. A study in United States suggests that this greatly increases the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease as they grow older, experts say. Experts say that the children in US are consuming more salt than their daily requirement.