Why should I use salt sparingly?
IS SALT BAD FOR US?
DO WE EAT TOO MUCH SALT?
Many people do eat too much salt and often we eat twice the amount
of salt that we should. It can be very easy to eat too much salt when eating normal
everyday foods. More than half of the salt we eat is the salt added by manufacturers
during the processing of foods. The other half of the salt we eat comes from salt we add during cooking and at the table.
You shouldn’t eat more than5 grams of salt per day
This is the same as 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of salt.
This 5 g includes the salt that you add when cooking, at the table, as
well as salt already found in foods that you buy.
Often foods don’t look or taste salty Your body only needs a small amount of
salt to be healthy. Eating more salt than you need can be unhealthy as it can
increase your blood pressure, which could increase your chance of having
heart disease or stroke. You can keep your body healthy by starting to us.
