Four great tricks teach you to reduce salt scientifically, so that you will not lose more salt.

Salt is an indispensable condiment in our life. In addition to normal meals, many snacks, snacks and sauces also contain a lot of salt. Therefore, people are prone to excessive salt intake. So in our daily diet, we should learn to reduce salt. So, how to scientifically reduce salt? How much salt should a normal person consume every day?

Many people think that salt is only an essential condiment in food. However, its impact on health should not be underestimated. In fact, high salt not only leads to high blood pressure, but also is not conducive to maintaining a good figure and good skin. When food tastes heavy, people's appetite will increase, which will lead to weight gain. Secondly, eating too much salt will promote the excretion of calcium in urine. Excessive calcium loss in the body will lead to hunchback, muscle stiffness and deformity.

So, how much salt should a normal person consume every day? In this year's National Healthy Lifestyle Publicity Month, the Salt Reduction Publicity Week once suggested that the daily salt intake of healthy adults should not exceed 5 grams. Scientific salt reduction should recognize the types of high-sodium foods, such as ready-to-eat seafood, all kinds of pickled foods, all kinds of cooked meat products and fish products, all kinds of salty snacks, umami condiments, all kinds of soups and sauces.

In the daily cooking process, you should also pay attention to the following items:

1, the use of salt spoon.

The usage method of the salt-limiting spoon is: the capacity of the salt-limiting spoon is subject to the flat spoon. At present, there are two common specifications on the market: 1g and 2g, and a family of three only needs 2g for cooking. On average, only two and a half spoonfuls of salt are needed for three meals a day.

2. Use less high-salt condiments

If soy sauce or sauce is added to dishes, the amount of salt should be reduced appropriately. In addition, you can choose low-salt soy sauce and soy sauce to reduce salt intake.

3. Put salt before cooking.

Putting salt before cooking can make people easily feel the salty taste on the surface of the dish, thus reducing the amount of salt. Cold salad can be eaten with salt first.

Step 4 use natural spices and condiments

Use less salt when cooking, and use natural spices such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper and pepper to improve the taste of food to make up for the lack of salty taste.

This article is scientifically checked by Wu Xinsheng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, No.371Hospital of PLA.