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. However, the Ministry of Health classifies low sodium salt as a special nutrient. From the perspective of prevention, in order to correct the wrong dietary pattern of modern people with high sodium and low potassium, low sodium salt is actually the most suitable for healthy people.
Modern people pursue the trend of food. Too much sodium is taken in the diet, and too much sodium will cause potassium deficiency. The significance of replacing sodium with potassium in salt is that under the same salt diet, the intake of sodium is reduced by half, and potassium and low sodium salt are consumed at the same time. Taking iodized salt as raw material, adding a certain amount of potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate to improve the balance of sodium, potassium and magnesium in the body.
Difference between low sodium salt and table salt
1, different colors: the color of low sodium salt looks slightly yellow, while the color of ordinary salt is white, with obvious graininess.
2, the taste is different: low-sodium salt tastes lighter than ordinary salt, so it is not appropriate to eat more, while ordinary salt is slightly salty than low-sodium salt.
3. Different sodium content: Low sodium salt is made of potassium iodate and sodium chloride as raw materials, and then a certain amount of potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate is added, while ordinary salt is made of sodium chloride as the main component according to relevant national regulations.
4. Suitable for different people: Low sodium salt is targeted and suitable for specific people except ordinary people, but ordinary salt can be eaten by everyone.
5. Different prices: Low sodium salt is slightly more expensive than ordinary salt.