On the day of a healthy person can eat no more than five grams of salt. But use it in case we have many times more! [How to reduce salt content in the body?]
Insufficient salting - on the table, oversalting - on the back" - likes to impose my grandmother for lunch, by all means exposing to the center of the table salt shaker. And, despite the fact that the soup so cutlets were salted during cooking, we are still flavored with a pinch or two of dish. It is a ritual. And so do most people. It seems nothing wrong with that. And the food tastes kind of like when dosolena to taste. Here are just a taste of the past century have clearly changed.
Now everyone in the refrigerator are sauces, ketchup, mayonnaise, canned sausage, and cheeses. Everything is ready at the factory and in compliance with the technology. But few of us have thought about how much salt is contained in the same grain curds, cheese, bread ... Throughout the world, doctors are sounding the alarm: the most salt comes from the body, it would seem quite harmless food.The West has long been made to the producers indicated on the packaging of a complete product - what and how much is contained in one hundred grams of the same bread. In our packages also written composition. However, the figures represent only the fats, proteins, carbohydrates, yes.
- Sodium is needed in our body. This trace element supports the osmotic pressure, - says head of the outpatient department of the City Heart Centre Olga Yevtukh . - That's our blood - it is 0.9% sodium chloride solution. But, as with any substance, the salts in the body must be a certain amount. Recently, it is assumed that the daily dose of salt - it is 5 grams or one teaspoon no slides.
- And what is harmful overabundance of salt?
- Relationship of increased salt intake and cardiovascular disease has long been known. In the 30s of last century, began to conduct the first study. It was found that in children after administration of salty foods increased blood pressure. Epidemiological studies have been conducted on the inhabitants of New Guinea. Those who lived in the interior of the island, they used a little salt and high blood pressure there is almost no one was - even in the elderly. And those who lived on the coast, fish boiled in sea water and suffered from cardiovascular diseases.
How did this happen? Figuratively speaking, the sodium - is the "lord of the water." One molecule of sodium is associated with 400 water molecules. That is, if a person eats a lot of salty foods, it lingers in the body fluid, mostly - in containers. This means that increases blood volume, increases the load on the heart that pumps blood.
- Maybe we should all give up salt? Will be healthier ...
- Most important is not how much sodium enters the body, and the ratio of sodium and potassium. These two trace elements work in close conjunction. That is, even if you eats a lot of salt, but rather goes into the body of potassium (which is bananas, dried fruits, nuts, baked potatoes in their skins. - Ed.), Then the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease will be lower than if entered a body of sodium.
Salt, which no one sees
When we buy bread, sausage, cheese, sausage or tomato juice, it does not think about how much salt is contained in these products. On the proportions can only guess. It is known that the composition of the packaging is written in descending order. That is the first component in the product the most, and the last - least of all. Imagine my surprise when I found no salt on the last positions in the bread and cheese (in this product salt produced in Belarus is in second place! -Ed. ).
As it turned out, none of sanitary norms and rules do not control the salt content in foods. Number of sodium chloride is determined at the factory. Unfortunately, no one company we did not want the wraps of the production. But ...
- Most of the salt in meat products, fast food: bacon, ham, sausages, frankfurters, sausages all - says Olga. - Also a lot of salt in canned fish and frozen convenience foods: dumplings, fish sticks, pizza, etc. In addition, in Belarus is very salty cheese! A lot of hidden salt, and black bread.
- Maybe we just can not live without this white poison?
- Historically, man has developed at a time when the diet was very little salt. As a result, we have formed such a "greedy organism" in relation to sodium ions. We are always trying to hold salt.Many, many years we have adhered to this diet, when the salt content in food was 0.6 - 3.7 grams per day. And now a daily dose of the majority of people - from 6 to 18 grams! And it all happened in just a hundred years. Tastes have changed. But the human body is still easier to tolerate the lack of sodium than the excess. This is evidenced by the growth of cardiovascular disease. But to give up delicious foods - are in some measure to deprive yourself of the joy in life. If you love cheese, you do not need to eat right 200 - 300 grams. You can do a sandwich with a little bit.Approach is reasonable and the choice of foods, try to semi-finished products and meat products of industrial production have been in your diet as little as possible.
ISPYTALKA "KP"
As I have gone too far with the salt to the regular Sunday
"Measure the amount of salt in daily diet? Yes, it's impossible! "- I resented the request of the editor. But at the weekend still had a little experiment - considered how much salt it takes me to cook traditional dishes. I have to say that my calculations may be called an approximation. I came from the following data. A teaspoon of salt without slides - 5 grams. Pinch of salt - about one gram. And this is the menu, I did.
Breakfast:
- Fried egg (1 gram of salt).
Lunch:
- Bowl of soup (0.8 grams of salt);
- 1 patty (1.3 grams of salt);
- A portion of fried potatoes (1 gram of salt).
Dinner:
- A salad of cucumbers and tomatoes (1 gram of salt);
- A patty (1.3 grams of salt).
Total: 6.4 grams of salt.
It turns out that the per diem rates for the healthy person I am somewhat exceeded. And despite the fact that I am on the day refused to favorite rye bread, cheese, pickles and home-grain curds.Incidentally, the permissible amount of salt is constantly changing. Ten years ago it was only 4 grams per day. And now five. And those are not enough. It turns out that our tastes have changed so much that we do not notice how overdo food. And the food industry to us this explicitly condoned. I do not know about you, but I was wondering about bread maker but cottage cheese.Perhaps, over time, shop products will be too salty for me ...
THIS IS IMPORTANT!
How to reduce salt content in the body?
- The maximum limit consumption of fast food and finished products (hot dogs, sausages, ravioli, pizza, etc.);
- Not dosalivayte food;
- Add less salt when cooking.
Stay in touch!
Most useful for us, potassium contained in the ...
... Raisins, dried apricots, prunes, figs and other dried fruits;
Pears ...;
Bananas ...;
... Baked potatoes in their skins.
BTW
Top 5 foods with excess salt:
- Sausage, frankfurters, sausages and other meat products of industrial production;
- Cheese;
- Grain curds;
- Black bread;
- Meat and canned fish;
- Home-canned (cucumbers, tomatoes, lecho, etc.).
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