MD Victor Konishev, a renowned expert in the field of nutrition, in an interview for the newspaper "AIF" I have warned that the "mineral water" is not so safe, and all the more useful, as is commonly believed.
The reason for this is in high sodium content. After all, the excess sodium in food today is so great, it accumulates excess water in the body, is responsible for increasing blood pressure and increasing the burden on the heart.
Therefore, doctors recommend strongly hypertensive, people with heart failure and edema reduce salt intake (sodium chloride).
Often in the "mineral water" sodium content is so high that the thoughtless use it for drinking may aggravate Hypertension, Hypertensive crisis and increased edema.
How much sodium in the "mineral water"?
If in developed countries on the label manufacturers specify the amount of sodium, then in the post-Soviet space, no one does, because there are no laws regulating the amount of sodium salt in food. Although this is very important, and first of all - for people with high blood pressure. All that is written now on the label is a generalized amount of sodium with a useful Potassium.
Dr. Konishev gave simple advice - some "mineral water" you can drink, but from what is better to give up.
Since sodium in mineral water is always contained several times more than potassium, it can be considered that the total amount of salt refers only to the sodium salt. And if the amount of "Na + K" is more than 300 mg / l, then such water will harm people suffering from high pressure. Konishev says, this recommendation is useful for healthy, because excess sodium is bad for everyone.
Reducing the salt content - the global trend
Health in more developed countries today includes measures to reduce the amount of sodium salt in the diet. For example, the US Department of Health has initiated an initiative for food producers, recommending cutting the sodium salt content of their products, using a useful alternative - potassium salt, labeling it on labels. Initiative picked up many manufacturers, including the company Nestle.
It turns out that mineral water can even be completely without sodium. For example, in the United Arab Emirates launched mineral water productionIn which sodium is removed by a demineralization, to comply with the recommendations of the Office of Food and Drug Administration in the United States, Europe and Abu Dhabi.
In Ukraine there are no laws or programs
According to information Ministry of Health of Ukraine, more than 14 million Ukrainians diagnosed with hypertension. And how many people live without knowing that they have hypertension? At the same time, Ukraine is on the 1-st place for mortality due to excess of sodium salt consumption among European countries.
Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported that Ukrainians eat a day an average of 10 to 15 g of salt with food - and it's a disaster, because the WHO advises no more than 5 g
However, the laws aimed at reducing the sodium salt in the food, we have not yet been adopted.
However, some manufacturers are still attempting to refocus on the issue of healthy products.
For example, a well-known company PepsiCo has attended to decrease salt content as part of their products. In Ukraine, the company plans to launch the production of more healthy products with reduced sugar, salt and fat content due to innovations, says PepsiCo Ukraine CEO Irina Kozlova.
Take care of your own health
One way to reduce the consumption of sodium in the diet is the replacement of common salt in a salt mixture of sodium and potassium salts.
This mixture is called giponatrievoy salts or salts with a reduced content of sodium, potassium enriched.
Not so long ago such a salt t.m. SOLENA appeared in stores and retail chains in Ukraine. SOLENA is a dietary mixture of potassium salt (30%) and sodium salt (70%), recommended to all people as a substitute for common salt, and athletes using this salt can cook isotonics.
SOLENA also help hypertensive easily perform medical advice to reduce sodium intake and increase potassium intake.
Reduce the intake of sodium salt to normal and reduce potassium deficiency in the diet will help salt SOLENA low in sodium (70% sodium salt, 30% potassium salt). Click to see where to buy salt SOLENA.
