{"id":339837,"date":"2015-05-14T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T02:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/truth-salt-339837.html"},"modified":"2015-05-14T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T02:15:59","slug":"truth-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/healthy-practices-hk\/truth-salt-339837.html","title":{"rendered":"Sodium Sin: The truth about salt"},"content":{"rendered":" <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/sel.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-64241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64241 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/sel-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"The last big study gathered the conclusions of 34 researches and confirms that limiting our salt consumption is very beneficial to our health. In very stressed people, reducing their salt intake by 4.4 grams a day would decrease on average the systolic tension by 0.5 points and the diastolic of 0.3 points (respectively, the first and second figure of the blood pressure) after four weeks. To achieve this, it is necessary to favour raw vegetables and not eat delicatessen, prepared dishes and fast food more than once a week.\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>You may have heard many medical professionals extolling the benefits of a low sodium <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/healthy-eating-what-is-in-a-nutritious-diet-81659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diet<\/a>. And while that may be true, it is hard to adhere to it with so many types of hidden sodium in our food.<\/p> <p>If you paid attention in science class, you\u2019d know that salt contains sodium. Sodium can help control blood pressure and volume as well as help your muscles work correctly. Your sodium intake should not exceed 5g per day, according to the<strong> Health Promotion Board<\/strong>. Now, the average adult usually consumes 9g a day.<\/p> <h2> <span>HIDDEN SALT<\/span> <\/h2> <p>Sodium occurs naturally in food sources like milk, guavas and passion fruit. But <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/food-labels-really-eating-88407.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sodium <\/a>is also an additive in many processed food products. These range from monosodium glutamate (MSG), sodium nitrite and sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda).<\/p> <p>Our favourite hawker dishes are quite often high in sodium as well. Opting for items in soup like fishball soup or <em>yong tau foo<\/em> may seem like the healthier option compared to items like chicken rice, but there is most likely some form of MSG within the soup.<\/p> <h2> <span>SMALL CHANGES<\/span> <\/h2> <p>The<strong> Health Promotion Board<\/strong> advises to avoid drinking up the soup stocks or sauces to reduce your sodium intake, when eating out.<\/p> <p>When cooking at home, instead of salting your food, try to use natural herbs and spices like ginger, garlic, chilli and cloves. Try to boil your own soap stocks as well instead of using bouillon cubes or commercially prepared mixes.<\/p> <p>Make simple adjustments to your diet for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/bespoke-health-optimize-diet-dna-test-92845.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthier <\/a>you.<\/p> <p><em>Cheryl Lee<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt is a key component in our diet but too much of it can be harmful. Here are some small changes you could adopt for a healthier you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":64241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Salt is a key component in our diet but too much of it can be harmful. 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