There is a famous dictum of Hippocrates that the food should be medicine and medicine - food.
If so, then why do we get sick with adequate nutrition?
Perhaps, what we eat is not healthy food, but on the contrary - is for us a cause of diseases.
To be healthy, we must receive a full, balanced diet, which contains all the substances in the necessary and sufficient to sustain the body. Such food and eat healthy food.
And here arises the question of the necessity and sufficiency.
Consider the adequacy of nutritional trace elements such as sodium structural and Potassium.
According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) daily intake of an adult common salt (sodium chloride) should be in the range of 5-6 g, and potassium - 5-6 g
Can be estimated in visual terms, this number: 5 g salt contained in a teaspoon or 300-500 g of bread, potassium 5g contained in 200-300 g of dried apricots or 600 g of green herbs.
It is known that people with food uses common salt to a lot more than the recommended norm (Ukraine salt consumption is on average 16 grams per day), but at the same time, Potassium deficiency in food is 1-3 g This imbalance in the diet may be the reason for the increase blood pressure and circulatory system diseases.
And just remember the sad evidence that Ukraine ranks first among the 30 major European countries, mortality from excess consumption of common salt.
In Ukraine, the mortality excess salt intake, according to researchIs 2,109 persons per million population in Qatar, the figure is 73 people.
How to have solved this problem in Finland
When such a problem in the 70-ies of the last century, faced Finland, the Government of that country was developed and funded by the program "North Karelia».
The purpose of this program was to inform the population about the impact of factors such as excessive consumption of salt, saturated fats, alcohol and nicotine, sedentary lifestyle on human health and longevity. The programme comprised measures to rehabilitate the population.
One of the results of the 25 - year program was to reduce salt intake from 16 grams to 9 grams per person per day.
This result contributed to the replacement in the diet of common salt on salt with low sodium (salt mixture in which 28% of sodium chloride was replaced by potassium chloride). Taste (salinity), the mixture is almost no different from ordinary salt.
Therefore, it can be, without changing its salt habits, replacing common salt to a salt with potassium, sodium intake to reduce by more than 30%.
The presence of potassium salt mixture of potassium eliminated the deficit in food, promoted the excretion of excess sodium from the body because of the property of potassium to sodium antagonism.
The result of the program "North Karelia" has been the increase in life expectancy by an average of 13 years - from 68 to 81 years and a decrease in mortality from cardiovascular disease by 7 times.
The Finns are not invented something new. To reduce consumption of ordinary salt and increase the consumption of foods rich in potassium, indicated in the recommendations for patients with hypertension.
The example of Finland was followed by many countries. For example, in Europe produced table salt with reduced sodium in which the sodium chloride is replaced by potassium chloride in the proportions of 30 /70 to 70/30.
Since 2005, every year, is celebrated World Salt Awareness Week. This week held events aimed at a gradual reduction in many countries salt intake, to improve public health.
Today, Ukraine ranks first in Europe in terms of mortality from cardiovascular disease.
A contribution to this indicator contributes to excess consumption of salt. To normalize the consumption of common salt by the population it is necessary to adopt relevant laws and certain measures, as did and do many countries. This requires time and financial resources.
How can we solve the problem of excess salt consumption in Ukraine in the near future
One way to solve this problem today - the replacement of common salt in the diet on the salt with potassium, as did the Finns.
On whether to add in food salt with low sodium content (consisting of 30% potassium chloride and 70% sodium chloride) is also indicated in the Association of nutritionists of Ukraine recommendations on diet with low sodium. The draft recommendations can be found In here.
In Ukraine a wide range of salt with potassium and trace additives (magnesium, selenium, iodine) manufactured under the trademark SOLENA (the salt mixture of 70% and 30% sodium chloride potassium chloride + trace minerals). With this product can be found on the website: https://solena.ua.
Reducing the consumption of sodium to normal by replacing common salt in the salt with potassium will be economically beneficial to the state, as it will be beneficial to everyone who uses this salt in the diet instead of regular salt.
For example, in 700g salt SOLENA called "Salt with a reduced content of sodium and potassium-enriched" value-50-60 UAH. contains as much potassium as it contains 300 bananas or 5 kg of apricots, or 10 kg of raisins, or 1600 tablets "Asparkam".
It is easy to compare the market value of each of the following products with the cost salt with potassium SOLENAgiven that 700g of salt SOLENAsubject to the norms of consumption (no more than 5g per day), enough for one person for 5 – 6 months.
For people who are not contraindicated potassium replacement of common salt in the salt with potassium and trace elements (magnesium, selenium, iodine) will be the prevention of many diseases.
Save your health for years to come, replacing the common salt on the salt with potassium and micronutrients.
Alexander Romanenko
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.
