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Chapter 97 Eating too much salt is prone to high blood pressure

Salt seems to be essential in our daily life.However, there is a strong link between salt and high blood pressure.Countries with high sodium intake also have many patients with high blood pressure.Japanese residents who mainly eat fish, pickled vegetables and soy sauce, in some villages, 40% of the residents suffer from high blood pressure.The most convincing are those primitive cultural areas that still rely on low-salt food, such as: New Guinea, tribes in the Amazon basin, highlands in Malaysia, and rural areas in Uganda.People in these areas seldom eat salt, high blood pressure seems to be insulated from them, and everyone's blood pressure does not rise steadily with age like in salt-loving countries such as Japan and the United States.

Sodium will have side effects on the cardiovascular system of the human body, while a certain amount of elements such as calcium and magnesium are beneficial to the human body.

Not long ago, the US Food and Drug Administration held a national meeting in Washington.Doctors, nutrition experts, government supervisors, and representatives of the food processing industry discussed the issue of sodium labeling and sodium reduction in packaged foods.It was also suggested that all canned food, if the sodium content exceeds 35 mg, should be marked to prevent people from eating too much salt.

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Sprinkle some salt in the container where the bread is stored, then put the bread in, and cover it, so that the bread will not dry out and become moldy.In addition, putting some salt when refining lard will not only make the oil clear but also keep it for a long time.

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