You've probably heard about the dangers of eating too much refined sugar, but what dangers this other "white stuff"?
Yes, sugar is not the only white thing of North American need to reduce. Salt reduction is the next great frontier for nutrition to the Canada.
Studies have shown that Canadians consume far more sodium that the limit of tolerable upper intake level (UL) recommended by Health Canada - and it is radically affect our health. Too much salt is an important factor in hypertension, which can cause heart disease and stroke.
The problem is not really that we add too at the dinner table (even if this may be a problem for some people). It is the amount of salt in processed and packaged and fast foods that really helps our salt intake outbreak. And, unfortunately, more than salt we eat, we become more accustomed to it. In other words, more salt than you eat, more salt that you want to.
But if you want to reduce your consumption of sodium, it is not easy you think first. It is preferable to start slowly reduces the amount of salt you eat over time to make it less acceptable to your palate. Here are some tips on how to reduce the amount of sodium in your diet.
Avoid processed and packaged foods: more food is manufactured, it is more likely to have added salt. Packaged cookies, crackers, soups and even bread, most contain enough sodium which, when consumed in the day, pushing the AMT above the threshold recommended by Health Canada.
Choose foods with an ingredient: salt can hide in places that don't expect, check you if all packaging carefully before buying it. Take the example of fresh meat. Often, you can buy meat (such as the ground Turkey) which is "seasoned." It is just a code word to say: he added salt.
Do not be fooled by fancy names: sea salt, Himalayan salt, kosher salt - they are all sodium yet. Although there are some mineral benefits to many of these salts of fantasy, the amount of sodium that you eat is always the same.
Cut cooking: you salt to water when cooking pasta or rice? You add salt to your potatoes when you cook? It's just unnecessary additions of salt. Instead, just boil your pasta in plain water. You will be able even to make the difference.
DIY: instead of rely on foods packaged as tomatoes, canned, frozen or chicken broth, potatoes why not try some of these elements by yourself? Puree and freeze tomatoes, chop potatoes yourself and try your hand to make the broth of chicken house. If you do this yourself, you can control how sodium gets effectively in your food.
