Two weeks in the past, the World Well being Group launched a set of tips recommending using the lower-sodium salt substitutes. These merchandise cut back the quantity of sodium chloride within the salt, changing it with potassium chloride. Decreasing salt consumption – or sodium consumption, has lengthy been held by consultants as one of many best and least expensive methods to cut back our burden of non-communicable illnesses. The WHO’s suggestion is 5 grams of salt a day however Indians eat way over this at round 8 grams per day. Take into consideration this – an estimated 1.89 million deaths yearly globally are related to consuming an excessive amount of sodium. And India bears an enormous burden of those deaths.
So what are decrease sodium salt substitutes, and the way can they assist? Do we have to cut back the salt used whereas cooking meals? What about meals exterior the house, and extremely processed meals obtainable in supermarkets? What are the prices of decrease sodium salt substitutes and does India want a country-wide programme to assist individuals make this modification to their diets?
Visitor: Dr Vivekanand Jha, government director, George Institute for International Well being, India and previous president, Worldwide Society of Nephrology
Host: Zubeda Hamid
Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian.
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