Salt is a substance that gives a salty taste to food. It is available in fine or coarse form, and is added to food or is a hidden ingredient in soy sauce, ketchup, preserved soya beans, mayonnaise, cheese, salted fish or in seasoning powder and stock cubes.
Do we need salt?
Salt is need to:
- Control the balance of body fluids
- Maintain proper muscle and nerve control
- Help maintain normal blood pressure
REMEMBER!!!
Execessice salt intake can increase the blood pressure of certain individuals at risk.How much salt is needed?
We need less than 6 grams (1 teaspoon per day), including hidden salt.Tips for Reducing Salt Intake
- Use natural ingredients such as lime juice and spices.
- Reduce the use of salt, artificial flavouring, soy sauce and preserved soya beans in cooking.
- Reduce the consumptjin of processed food such as tinned food, sausages, burgers and instant noodles.
- Reduce the use of mayonnaise and cheese in food preparation.
- Reduce the salty snacks such as crips and salted nuts.
- Reduce preserved food such as salted fish, salted eggs, shrimp paste, fermented shrimp sause, fermented anchovy sause, pickled fruit and pickled vegetables.
- Read food lables and avoid buying food which are rich in sodium chloride and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
- Limit salt intake to 1 teaspoon per day.
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