Thursday, 21. January 2010
New York, How much salt is consumed every day? Researchers suggest start of salt reduction with 3 grams per day killed by a stroke and heart disease prevention.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine said the lowering of the amount of salt was instrumental in reducing smoking by 50 percent and 5 percent of obesity.
“Only by doing these small changes to the number of people with a heart attack and stroke reduction,” says Karen Congro of Wellness for Life Program Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York as reported by HealthDay, Thursday (21/1/2010) .
An agent in the U.S. report, Americans currently consume too much salt. Reports Medical Research Council (MRC) says that the average adult in the United States consume 9.5 grams of salt per day. No less than three quarters of the salt consumed comes from processed foods and 10 percent in the home kitchen.
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Monday, 20. July 2009
You cannot measure every morsel that passes your lips, but it is a good idea to measure most foods and beverages until you get a feel for portion sizes.It is a supersized world out there, and most people are surprised to find that their idea of a single serving is actually two or three.
If you are into bells and whistles, there are food scales that are preprogrammed with nutritional information, as well as scales that will keep a running total of your daily food and nutrient intake for you. The only tools you really need, however, are a simple and inexpensive gram scale, dry and liquid measuring cups, and idea on reading food labels.
Among all of the mentioned tools, reading food labels seem to be the most effective way of determining the right kind of food to be bought in the supermarket. It lets you make sensible food selections. Through the “Nutrition Facts” section in a particular item in the grocery, you can identify the amount of serving sizes provided in that product.
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New York, How much salt is consumed every day? Researchers suggest start of salt reduction with 3 grams per day killed by a stroke and heart disease prevention.
