What are the benefits of eating less salt?

First, put the "salt jar" at home to ensure health every day. Second, salt restriction, the key action of hypertension prevention and control, has gradually been recognized as a "secret killer" of health in the world. Because salt will not only raise the blood pressure of many people, but also directly damage the blood vessels of the whole body, causing arteriosclerosis and leading to myocardial infarction or renal failure. At present, the per capita salt intake in China is 16 g to 20 g, which leads to the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases as high as 8%. Therefore, understanding salt is the basis for human beings to effectively prevent and treat hypertension. Third, stay away from high blood pressure and start with salt restriction. The World Health Organization recommends that the optimal amount of salt consumed by healthy people through diet should not exceed 6 grams per person per day. If the salt intake can be kept below 6 grams for a long time, the systolic blood pressure of people aged 25 to 55 can be reduced by 9 mm Hg, and the mortality rate of coronary heart disease can be reduced by 16% by the age of 55. In daily life, we should develop good eating habits, eat more light food, not eat or eat less salty food, change cooking methods and reduce the intake of salty food. If possible, you can choose low sodium, high potassium, selenium-enriched and iodized health salt. Fourth, the harm of long-term high-salt diet 1 But long-term high-salt diet will increase the burden on the kidneys. 2. Long-term high salt will lead to increased salt sensitivity. The risk of hypertension in salt-sensitive people is significantly higher than that in normal people, and limiting salt diet will reduce salt sensitivity. 3. It is a long-term high-salt diet, and high sodium will also promote myocardial fibrosis and collagen fiber deposition around blood vessels, affecting cardiovascular function. It is generally believed that the daily salt intake exceeding 8 ~ 10g will have adverse effects, and the more salt intake, the greater the harm. Patients with hypertension should develop the habit of low-salt diet at any time, which is very beneficial to stabilize their condition. You can try the following low-salt diet cooking methods, which are healthy and appetizing. 1. When eating more than two dishes at a meal, concentrate the salt in one dish. 2, sprinkle salt directly on the dish, the tongue taste buds are strongly stimulated, which can cause appetite. 3, make full use of sour spices to increase appetite, such as vinegar mixed with cold dishes. Other lemons, grapefruit, oranges and tomatoes with natural sour taste will do. Fish and meat can be cooked, and their taste, color and fragrance can arouse appetite. If you add celery, peppers, leeks and other aromatic vegetables, the effect will be better. 5. Soup with mushrooms, fungus and kelp as the main ingredients is rich in umami flavor and has nourishing function, and can be added with little or no salt. 6. Make full use of the remaining broth, which is rich in nutrition and less in salt. 7. Flexible use of sucrose to cook sweet and sour dishes. 8. Try not to eat all kinds of salty snacks, such as salted peanuts, pickles and salted fish.