Introduction: Increasingincidence of lifestyle diseases like hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, stroke and early ageingcan be studied under the lights of increased dietary intake of salt and their etio–pathological relationship can be reviewed. Hence, this study was designed to educate people about the hazardous & morbid effect of excessive salt consumption. Materials and methods:This observational survey study was primarily based on 100 participants in Mumbai suburbs, in view of their excessive salt intake. The consumption of salt was estimated grossly by the salt being bought by the family with respect to the number of persons in the family. Empiric evaluation of nutritional status of 100 participants assessed by dietary salt pro–forma and by physical examination.Result:Salt consumption of 36% of participants found to be more than 10gms/day while 15% of participants are risking their health at the level of 15gms/day & above. The salt consumption of 49% of individuals found to be 5–10gms/day. Conclusion:It is apparent that salt intake in humans is generally not a true reflection of salt requirement. A reduction of salt intake can be used as a non–pharmacological tool in therapeutics for prevention of various lifestyle diseases.