Traditional salty taste

There are more than ten kinds of traditional foods in four categories, which are the "big households" of salt storage. Eating less is healthier.

The main component of edible salt is sodium chloride (NaCl), which is also an essential nutrient for human body.

However, studies have found that excessive salt is directly related to the occurrence of chronic diseases. Especially middle-aged and elderly people, as well as patients with "three highs" chronic diseases, it is more necessary to control salt intake.

There is a widespread phenomenon of excessive salt intake among Chinese residents.

Salty foods are preservatives, preservatives and flavor enhancers. Salty food is the main spice in our life. There are many places where salt is used in daily life. China has a long history of using salt, and unconsciously, it became attached to salt.

According to the first statistics, the average salt intake of China residents is 10.5g, which is lower than the previous11g. However, the phenomenon of excessive salt intake still exists.

The World Health Organization recommends that China residents should not consume more than 6 grams of salt every day. For patients with "three highs", the intake of salt should not exceed 3 grams, so salt control is still a task that many people need to complete.

More than a dozen traditional foods in four categories are the "big households" of salt storage.

1, pickles: pickled pepper, pickled mustard tuber, radish, pickle, pickled cabbage and sour beans.

Salt is an important food preservative and preservative. In the past, we always ate seasonal vegetables. In the season when vegetables are abundant, the surplus vegetables will be salted to prevent corruption, and then eaten when there are few vegetables. Nowadays, kimchi has become an important part of Chinese traditional food culture.

In view of the high salt content, some middle-aged and elderly people had better eat less.

2. Waxed goods: bacon, sausage, preserved or salted fish, salted duck with sauce, sauce beef and beef jerky.

Bacon used to be just a way to store meat. After a long history, it has now become a flavor snack. Every winter, every household in the countryside will cook some foods such as bacon, sausage and preserved fish. There are salted duck eggs and salted duck meat, which are also all salt.

Its main preservative is salt, and of course, some pepper aniseed will be added to improve the taste, so it also has high salt content. Eating too much or too often is not good. Although I like eating very much, I still have to believe in science and control it for health.

3. Deep-processed food: such as ham sausage, instant noodles, potato chips, crispy rice and spicy strips, including salted yuba.

The main preservative and flavor enhancer of this kind of food is sodium salt. Plus most of them are fried foods with high fat content, so they are often called "junk food" by nutritionists. Old people and children have weak metabolic function, so it is better to eat less.

4, seasoning: in addition to edible salt, there are chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce; If you put salt in cooking, you should pay attention to controlling the amount.

In addition, it also includes some bean paste, salad dressing, Chili sauce, tofu and so on. It also contains high salt and should not be eaten often.

The diet of the elderly should be light. In addition to controlling salt, we should also control oil and sugar. Try to avoid frying, frying, barbecue and other cooking methods. Eat more fresh vegetables, you can see the raw materials, and choose a light cooking method, which can better protect the original nutritional value of ingredients, and is also more conducive to human digestion and absorption and human metabolic function.

It is best to eat three meals a day regularly and quantitatively. Paying attention to chewing slowly when eating is more conducive to the stability of blood sugar and the digestion and absorption of the human body, which is naturally more conducive to health.