How to judge how much salt to eat

A large salt reduction campaign is currently underway in the United Kingdom. The British Food Standards Agency pointed out that the World Health Organization calls on people not to consume more than 6 grams of salt a day, otherwise it will increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. But how do you know how much salt you have eaten in one day? There is a simple way to judge.

In the daily diet, people's intake of salt mainly comes from meals and other foods. The content of salt in food can't be accurately judged, especially when you eat in a restaurant. You can only guess if the food is salty or light. However, most of the packaged foods bought from supermarkets are marked with salt or sodium. The salt consists of sodium and chloride. Just multiply the sodium content of the package by 2.5, which is the salt content.

Knowing this principle, we can use the logo on the food packaging to determine if there is too much salt in a food and if the salt we eat daily exceeds the mark. The standards set by the British Food Standards Agency are: For an adult, if the food packaging states that more than 1.25 grams of salt or more than 0.5 grams of sodium per 100 grams, it means that the salt content is exceeded; if you indicate 100 grams containing 0.25-1.25 grams of salt or 0.1-0.5 grams of sodium indicate that the salt content is modest.

For children, the salt intake criteria are not the same for different age groups: 0-6 months of infants should not exceed 1 gram per day; 7-12 months of infants have 1 gram per day; 1-3 years old Children are 2 grams per day; 3-6 grams per day for 4-6 years; 5 grams per day for 7-10 years; 6 grams per day for children aged 11-14 years.

In addition, the salt-reduction campaign also reminds us that we must eat less preserved food, less soup, and less instant noodles, because the soup contains an average of 60% of salt, and the more soup we eat, the more salt we eat.

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