Beijing starts the salt use of low sodium in an

Beijing starts the salt use of low sodium in an all-round way Prevent and control hypertension
Popularize low sodium salt, prevent and control hypertension

Reporter: Chief Mao, how do you do. Beijing is popularizing low sodium salt at present, what is low sodium salt please introduce, any benefit that there is low sodium salt on health, OK?

Chief Mao: OK. Give a recommendation World Health Organization,whose name is healthy for adult for every day intaking amount of salt should not over 6 grams. And the Ministry of Health has investigations that reveals, the average intaking amount of Beijinger's salt of every day is 13.4 grams, above standard more than one time, the rural area is up to 16.5 grams especially. One of the high important reasons to take place that it causes northerner's hypertension that there is too much salt.

According to Beijing Municipal Government <> puts forward, in order to further improve citizens' main health index in Beijing, make citizens establish science and use salt consciousness progressively, prevent and control hypertension, promote the health level in an all-round way, this city has initiated " Only allow the salt to take action " ,The purpose is hypertension,etc. and chronic disease preventing increasingly many residents from initiating because of eating the salt more. In 2010, municipal commercial committee, Municipal Health Bureau are uniting in start of our city " Popularize low sodium salt, prevent and control hypertension to take action " ,Popularize low sodium salt to the restaurant, collective dining room and family, in order to reduce the emergence of chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease,etc..

Reporter: Then, hypertension and receive what relation does it have, why can initiate hypertension? How does low sodium salt prevent hypertension?

Chief Mao: I place, the salt of resident of our city was very tall in intaking amount, one of the main causes of disease of hypertension, apoplexy and coronary heart disease took place. It prevents and controls hypertension, reduce the important measures of coronary heart disease and apoplexy to reduce the intaking amount of crowd's salt, this has already got extensive cognition.

Because sodium ion in the salt will strengthen the surface tension of human blood vessel, it is apt to cause the human blood flow to accelerate, cause blood pressure to rise. Low sodium salt regards iodized salt as raw materials, has added a certain amount of chlorine potassium and magnesium sulfic acid, thus improve sodium (Na +) in the human body , potassium (K +) , magnesium (Mg2 +) Equilibrium state,so it is low for sodium salt help to last hypertension, last heart brain blood vessel.

In addition, sodium content is lower by 35% to 40% than to add iodized salt ordinarily in low sodium salt, the salty taste is similar to ordinary refined salt, but there is less much sodium content, help to prevent hypertension, protect the blood vessel of heart brain, especially suitable for the middle-aged and elderly people and suffer from hypertension, nephropathy, heart disease patient take for a long time.

Reporter: Since low sodium salt has so many benefits on preventing, where can citizens buy low sodium salt?

Chief Mao: The municipal commercial committee undertakes to popularize the activity of eating low sodium salt. Envision it in the important practical thing in masses' life of the direct relation of 2010 of municipal government, require the municipal commercial committee " Propagate the health and use the salt idea in a more cost-effective manner, finish ' one, ten, one hundred ' work, namely: Beijing citizen when the supermarket buy 400 grams of original inner wrapping salt, will present, add, equip with 75 by that municipal government give low the intersection of sodium and salt and a quantitative salt spoon of 2 gram " The adding amount does not raise the price " ; The salt proportion of low sodium is up to 10% in the inner wrapping salt (7000 tons) ; The enterprise exclusively engaged in the production of salt supplies market with 100% Qualified iodized salt " .

At present, the intersection of Beijing and the intersection of salt industry and Company, salt of China, promote, put 475 low the intersection of sodium and the intersection of salt and products deliver to every salt wholesale enterprise and 28 large-scale the intersection of chain and supermarket sell and popularize already Main channel. Now, there is low sodium salt designed in some mega-stores and convenience stores of this city in unison to sell the special counter, citizens can buy 475 grams and hold low sodium salt products there. Meanwhile, Municipal Health Bureau started the propaganda work about using the salt in science, in order to improve citizen's cognition of low sodium salt.

Reporter: Then, how to use low sodium salt correctly? Do you have any special requirement?

Chief Mao: Use low sodium salt not to have special requirement. Low sodium salt has already been used for many years in developed countries and regions such as America and Europe,etc., low sodium salt while using is like ordinary refined salt.

Reporter: Citizens reflect the salt taste of low sodium is not so good as the ordinary salt, right?

Chief Mao: In fact, this is only everybody's psychological function and question of the habits and customs. So long as insist on using low sodium salt, benefit the health. Hope citizens choose low sodium salt actively for oneself and the family's health.

Reporter: Who is not fit for using low sodium salt?

Chief Mao: The person who suffers from kidney trouble should not use low sodium salt. (information is offered / strong in urging to do burntly and purely and sweet-smellingly in the city)


Beijing starts the salt use of low sodium in an all-round way Prevent and control hypertension