Scientific salt reduction!"Healthy Guangdong Reasonable Diet Action -Salt Reduction Action" is launched today

Wen, Figure/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter Li Zhiwen Correspondent Wu Meng

How much salt is suitable for a person to take? "Health China Action (2019-2030)" and "Chinese Resident Dietary Guide (2022)" both advocate peripheral daily salt intake ≤5 grams.

At the launching ceremony, on August 9th, the launching ceremony of "Healthy Guangdong Reasonable Diet Action -Salt Reduction Action" (hereinafter referred to as "salt reduction operation") was held in Guangzhou. The reporter learned at the meeting that after years of unremitting efforts, the average daily salt intake of residents in Guangdong Province decreased from 7.3 grams in 2013 to 6.6 grams in 2018, but there was a certain distance from the required 5 grams.

Why reduce salt? How to reduce salt scientifically? At the above event site, several experts gave suggestions.

High -salt diet is an important influencing factor that leads to a variety of diseases

It is understood that the above -mentioned activities were led by the Guangdong Provincial Health and Health Committee, co -sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center, Guangdong Provincial Prevention Medical Association, Guangdong Provincial Society, Guangdong Salt Industry Association, and public welfare support for Guangdong Guangyan Group Co., Ltd. The purpose of forming scientific salt reduction and reasonable dietary health concepts, improving the awareness of prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension in Guangdong Province, and improving the health level of the whole people.

Feng Yingqing, deputy director of the Cardiovascular Disease Center and director of the Hypertensive Disease Center at the launching ceremony, pointed out in the event that the high -salt diet is an important influencing factors that cause stroke, vascular sclerosis, coronary heart disease and other diseases. risk. DASH research shows that the blood pressure level decreases with the reduction of salt intake, and the salt -limited diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.

The purpose of salt reduction is to reduce sodium intake. Zeng Qin, Secretary -General of the Guangdong Provincial Association of Prevention Medicine, introduced that human blood pressure and sodium intake are positively correlated, reducing the intake of high sodium salt can significantly reduce blood pressure, prevent and control the development of hypertension, effectively reduce coronary heart disease and stroke of stroke. The risk of occurrence can help maintain cardiovascular health and improve people's healthy living standards.

Feng Huiqiang, a second -level inspector of the Guangdong Provincial Health and Health Commission, said in his speech that the new version of the dietary guide is the basic document of health education and public policies. Among them, the recommended amount of salt per person per day drops from 6 grams in 2016 to 5 grams. At the same time, it also advocates the use of low sodium salt. "Today's activity is to promote more and more people to start understanding, accepting and participating in salt reduction operations. For the health of yourself and his family, you will gradually develop good daily dietary habits and lifestyle."

Salt limit from cooking methods, changing eating habits, etc.

"Compared with ordinary edible salt, low sodium salts can effectively maintain the balance of sodium and potassium in the human body, which is conducive to human health. Eating low sodium salt for ordinary people is more conducive to physical health." Feng Yingqing suggested that citizens have limited salt in terms of cooking methods and changing eating habits. For example, if the amount of salt is controlled with salt spoons, put salt when they are out of the pan (this is easier to make people feel salty). Choose low sodium salt, use onion ginger, garlic and other spices to taste, and eat more sour flavor of vinegar and lemon. Juice and so on.

The latest research by Professor Wuyangfeng in the Institute of Clinical Research of Peking University shows that promoting low -sodium salt (also known as salt) in the crowd, that is, mixes a certain percentage in ordinary salt (90%to 99%of sodium chloride content) Potassium chloride, to reduce the intake of sodium chloride, has huge public sanitation significance.

According to reports, the market acceptance of low -sodium salt and other products is increasing. In the first quarter of this year, the national low -sodium salt sales increased by 18%. Lu Yongzhong, chairman of the Guangdong Salt Industry Association and chairman of Guangdong Salt Industry Group, introduced in his speech that in order to better implement the target of salt reduction, Guangdong salt industry launched products such as low sodium salt, low sodium sea salt, low sodium ecological sea salt, etc. By reducing sodium and not salty, it not only achieves the effect of reducing sodium intake, but also meets people's needs for salty taste, and better meets people's demand for high -quality salt.

It is reported that as a member of the Guangdong National Nutrition Health Guidance Committee, Guangdong's salt industry has actively assumed the implementation of salt science and education in the implementation of "three reductions" (salt reduction, oil reduction, sugar reduction). Since 2004, the Guangdong Salt Industry Lianhe Provincial Disease Control Department and other relevant departments and units have carried out the theme mission activities such as "healthy, hard, and soft" multi -dimensional multi -dimensional multi -dimensional multi -dimensional education activities to fully publicize the concept of healthy dietary life. In order to meet the needs of consumers for high -quality low -sodium salt, Guangdong Salt Industry launched a number of high -quality low -sodium salt products such as 250g of Guangdong salt plus iodine low sodium salt and 300g of culinary salt and iodine low sodium salt.

Source | Yangcheng Evening News · Yangcheng School

Editor -in -law | Li Xu

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