Eat 1 gram of salt a day, and will save 4 million people in China!Salt reduction action needs you and me

Recently, a model study published in "BMJ NUTRITION Prevention & Health" predicts that the Chinese eat 1 gram of salt less a day and will prevent 9 million stroke and heart disease by 2030 and save 4 million people's lives.

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What are the benefits of reducing salt?

High -salt diet causes high blood pressure and increases the risk of stroke and heart disease. In China, nearly 40%of deaths each year are caused by stroke and heart disease. China is one of the highest salt intake countries. The latest data shows that the salt intake of Chinese adults is 11 grams per person per day, exceeding the 5 grams of 5 grams recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese residents' dietary guidelines.

The study predicts the health benefits brought by the reduction of salt intake, and provides evidence support for the formulation of practical salt reduction strategies. The researchers classified the latest and most reliable data of the population scale, salt intake, blood pressure, and prevalence according to the regional, gender and age classification. Three different methods predict the impact of salt reduction on cardiovascular health: the first is to achieve the goal of 1 gram of salt intake of 1 gram per person within one year; By 2025, the average salt intake of people will be reduced by 30%, which is equivalent to a decrease of 3.2 grams per day of salt intake; the third is that the per capita salt intake of the per capita salt per day will be reduced to less than 5 grams by 2030. This is also "Healthy China The goal of 2030 "Planning Outline".

The researchers estimated the decline in the decrease in systolic blood pressure (that is, the higher value in the number of blood pressure, which is the power of the human heart pumping blood to the surrounding body), and the risk of stroke and heart disease in the end of the body.

The average salt intake of Chinese adults is 11 grams per person per day and 270 million patients with high blood pressure. According to this study, each person eats 1 gram of salt less per day. The average systolic blood pressure can be reduced by 1.2 mm Hg, and the risk of stroke and heart disease decreases by 4%and 6%, respectively. This adheres to this year, and the level of salt intake has continued. By 2030, 9 million strokes and heart disease can be prevented, and the lives of 4 million people can be saved. The lower the daily salt intake, the more stroke and heart disease will be prevented.

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Reduce salt, the beneficiary is you and me

Regardless of the residential area, gender and age, salt reduction will benefit from all Chinese residents. In addition, salt reduction operations will also bring other benefits, such as secondary prevention of stroke and heart disease, reducing the number of chronic kidney disease and gastric cancer, and the latter two diseases have become an upward trend in China.

The "Healthy China 2030 Planning Outline" has proposed the goals of salt reduction, sugar reduction and oil reduction. The model of this model shows that only one job of salt reduction will greatly promote the health of residents. Eat 1 gram of salt a day is the goal that can be achieved. The prediction of this study is based on eating less salt per day and continued. Faced with the tremendous changes in the dietary structure of the rapid urbanization process, China's salt reduction work still challenged. But the benefits of salt reduction to people are undoubtedly huge and convincing. China's adherence to salt reduction will not only prevent millions of cardiovascular onset and death cases, but also greatly promote global healthy development.

Source: salt and health

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