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To mark this year’s National Salt Awareness Week (21-27 March), NHS Trafford and Trafford Council took to local supermarkets to help shoppers identify how much salt is in the food they are buying.
The Our Food Network team, run jointly by the primary care trust and the council spoke to shoppers at The Co-op in Partington and Sainsbury’s in Hale.
Kate Laking, public health nutrition coordinator at Trafford Council, said: “We asked shoppers to taste two loaves of bread, one higher in salt than the other, to see if they could tell the difference. We wanted to demonstrate that choosing food with a lower salt content doesn’t mean you have to compromise on taste.”
Eating too much salt can be one of the biggest contributors to many major diseases. High salt intake is linked to high blood pressure, which is the main cause of stroke and a major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is also widely recognised that a high salt diet is linked to conditions such as osteoporosis, cancer of the stomach, kidney disease and obesity.
Marie Price, health improvement officer at NHS Trafford, added: “It is easy to cut back on salt. Supermarket own-brands tend to have lower salt content than the big brands, and making meals yourself rather than buying ready made ones means you can control how much seasoning goes in. If you rely on salt for flavour, try using herbs and spices instead.”
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