20 13, 1 June, the World Health Organization said in a statement that "the daily salt intake of adults is less than 5g". According to the World Health Organization, people with high sodium content will face the risk of high blood pressure, which will increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
China is a country with high blood pressure and high salt diet, and its salt consumption ranks first in the world. This high-salt diet is a long-term national eating habit. According to the survey of dietary salt intake in recent years, the average daily salt intake in Guangdong is close to 8 grams, Shanghai 10 ~ 12 grams, Beijing 14 grams and Northeast 18 grams. The prevalence of hypertension in Guangdong is the lowest in China, the highest in Northeast China, and Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai are in the middle. It shows that the salt intake of China residents has obviously exceeded the standard for a long time, which is very unfavorable to the health and longevity of China people.
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The latest suggestion of the World Health Organization is to warn the world to limit salt and eat a low-sodium diet, which has far-reaching significance. Although the daily salt intake standard has only decreased by 1g, if the whole world can handle and implement it, its benefits will be immeasurable. This is not only beneficial to control widespread hypertension and its complications, such as stroke; Conducive to controlling obesity; Conducive to reducing the incidence of gastric cancer, osteoporosis, asthma and other diseases; It is also beneficial to control the incidence of cardiogenic, nephrogenic or hepatogenic edema.
People's Daily-World Health Organization statement: Adults' daily salt intake is less than 5g.