What salt does the elderly eat healthy?

Low sodium salt takes iodized salt as raw material, and then adds a certain amount of potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate, thus improving the balance of sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) and magnesium (Mg2+) in the body and preventing hypertension.

Low sodium salt is a healthy salt. On the basis of iodized salt, a certain amount of potassium chloride (about 30%) was added. Therefore, low sodium salt is most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and hypertensive patients to eat for a long time.

The two functions of low sodium salt are: reducing salt without reducing salt, helping the human body to balance sodium and potassium; Important efficacy: prevention and treatment of hypertension.

Applicable people: it is most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, hypertensive patients and pregnant women to take it for a long time. However, users of hyperkalemic drugs and patients with renal insufficiency and hyperkalemia must follow the doctor's advice.

Use less refined salt and low sodium salt. For ordinary people, the main goal is to reduce salt intake, and less salt means less sodium. Therefore, whether you eat low sodium salt, delicious salt or refined salt, you should use less salt. No matter what salt is used, it is better to use less, and reducing the amount is the first principle.

Essentially, the main component of edible salt is sodium chloride. Proper amount of edible salt can not only add flavor to food, but also make food taste more delicious. More importantly, chlorine, sodium and other components contained in salt play a great role in maintaining the normal functions of human nerves, muscles and heart.

All the salt in the market meets the food production standards. Moreover, because iodine deficiency in many areas has been effectively curbed, there is no need to iodize salt in every area, especially in coastal areas or areas with rich and balanced food. Iodized salt is completely unnecessary and even harmful. Therefore, if there is no special demand, most of the salt on the market can be selected at will and eaten with confidence. In addition, it should be reminded that people should not consume more than 6g of salt every day, which will cause diseases such as hypertension. At present, China's per capita salt intake has exceeded the standard of 6g by more than 2 times, which is not optimistic. Therefore, we should pay attention to it. Sodium in sodium chloride is the most harmful to health after excessive salt. Excessive sodium can induce hypertension, increase the incidence of digestive tract cancer and osteoporosis, make the body electrolyte imbalance and skin aging rapidly.