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Salt is the world's leading killer

Scientists and experts at the ongoing world meeting on nutrition, which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, said: "If you want to save several million people from the early, so-called premature death, then You need to adjust the amount of salt consumed". According to Graham McGregor (Graham MacGregor), a specialist in cardiovascular medicine at the University of London Queen Mary, namely salt, which is added to food, is one of the main causes of high blood pressure. And it is well known that high blood pressure is practically the main cause of death in the world. That statement there is sufficient evidence that raises a problem with salt on one level along with a Smoking problem.

Of course, Sol, or as it is called, sodium chloride, plays an important role in our health was normal, but there should total not more than 350 milligrams of salt, that weight can be compared only with half the weight of a small raisin. But the inhabitants of Europe and America in the day consume about 3,500 milligrams of salt.

For for person consumes the greater part of the salt is not salt, and of the products, and people do not even think and have no idea how much salt they consume in a day. In one notorious pack of chips contains more than 250 milligrams of salt, and this product is the main culprit of a large number of troubles with the body. But not only the chips contain such a quantity of salt, the same portion contained in a single slice of bread purchased, and even in the innocuous bowl of cereal for Breakfast. A lot of salt contain products such as canned vegetables, canned soups, prepared foods, dinners (frozen). Each serving of these foods contains salts are more than 1,000 milligrams.

Record the salt content is, of course, fast food and all food that is prepared outside of your home. Just one meal in a public place or bought take-away lunch can contain more than 2,000 milligrams of salt. If you reduce the consumption of salt during the day 2,000 milligrams, on a societal level, this will prevent 1 250 000 deaths that occur as a result of the stroke, and 3 million will be fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease annually. These data were published in 2009 in the "British Medical Journal".

Says G. McGregor along with the restexperts who were at the meeting devoted to the amount of salt intake: "the thing is not only that citizens were educated and enlightened on this subject, but also to the global food industry in all countries has been intensified and directed at least some effort to reduce the addition of salt in food products, either voluntarily, or it could regulate the state".

Still, Dr. McGregor himself more inclined to think that we voluntarily refused from the salt, as the so-called industrial facilities for the preparation of food is very little incentive to abandon adding salt, because salt allows you to make consumable food is cheap and delicious. It should also be noted that salt itself is a very strong provocateur of thirst, which in turn makes us more and more to get a soft drink in order to quench their thirst.

McGregor also stressed that at present people simply need to reduce the salt consumption for the reason that already all people have been getting used to the taste of salt, therefore salt intake has markedly increased. If you give up your salt intake gradually, slowly, the body is will be painless, so to speak, unnoticed.

Scientists say, in the case of even quite small reductions in salt consumption in the food will be very noticeable results. For example, the earth contains a large number of people who are in so-called risk of developing high blood pressure, for this reason, even a small reduction in salt intake may reduce the risk of developing the disease. People suffering from high blood pressure, spend a lot of money on costly medications, though it is possible to do without them, if you limit the intake of salt.

In a sufficiently large number of countries have special programs, so to speak educational that tell people about how much salt is contained in food products, in addition, these programs tell you that you should do in order to reduce the risks of excessive consumption of salt. However, these programs can be called a drop in the bucket for the reason that without the state to regulate the "salt issue" is simply impossible.