charity registration no. 1098818 salt and your health
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Salt and Your Health
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Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
To learn what salt is and what foods it is found in
To learn what effect salt can have on your health
To learn how you can reduce your own salt intake
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Who are CASH?Who are CASH?
A group of scientists and nutritionists who want the Government and food industry to take action to reduce salt intake
CASH stands for Consensus Action on Salt and Health
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What is salt?
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Salt vs. SodiumSalt vs. Sodium• Salt is sodium chloride (NaCl)
• Sodium is an element which occurs naturally and is used by the body
• 1 g of sodium = 2.5g of salt
• The word salt comes from the word ‘salarium’ in latin (salary)
• This is because roman soldiers used to be partly paid in salt
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Salt: A HistorySalt: A History
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Salt: A HistorySalt: A History
Salt was once needed as a preservative to make food last longer – we call this increasing “shelf life”
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Salt: A HistorySalt: A HistoryWe now have fridges, freezers and cans to make food last a long time
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Where Is Salt Found?Where Is Salt Found?
• Now the people who make our food add too much!
• 75% of the salt you eat is already in the food you buy…
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Salt: A HistorySalt: A History
Salt can also add flavour to food
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Salt: A HistorySalt: A History
But there are much nicer and healthier sources of flavours such as herbs and spices…
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How much?How much?• If you are 11 years + you
should have no more than 6g salt per day
• That’s just one teaspoon’s worth!
• Younger children should have even less
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How much?How much?SACN population maximum salt targets
for adults and children
Age Maximum salt intake
0-6 months Less than 1 gram
7-12 months 1 gram
1-3 years 2 gram
4-6 years 3 gram
7-10 years 5 gram
11-14 years 6 gram
Adults 6 gram
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Too Much SaltToo Much Salt•Eating too much salt is bad for your health
•This is because it can raise your blood pressure
•High blood pressure can harm your health by causing stroke and heart attacks
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Blood PressureBlood Pressure•Blood pressure begins to rise when you are a child
•The higher your blood pressure is as a child the higher it will be as an adult
•Eating less salt is the best way to prevent high blood pressure when you are older
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Other EffectsOther Effects
OsteoporosisStomach Cancer
Kidney Disease
Obesity
Heart Attacks
Stroke
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Is your food full of it?Is your food full of it?
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What foods did you see
in the video?
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ActivityActivity
Which foods contain added salt?
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Food LabelsFood Labels
• Most food in your cupboards at home will have a food label
• These tell you what is in your food
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Food LabelsFood Labels
Try reading the following labels.
- How much salt?
- What is the portion size?
- Is the salt high or low?
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Food LabelsFood Labels
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Food LabelsFood Labels
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Food LabelsFood Labels
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Food LabelsFood Labels
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Food LabelsFood Labels
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Food LabelsFood Labels
• Go through your cupboards and see what types of labelling you can find
• Bring in some examples and show your teacher and class
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Tonight…Tonight…
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What can you do?
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What Can What Can YouYou Do? Do?• Limit the amount of high salt foods you eat
• Ask your parents not to add salt when cooking and don’t add salt at the table
• Check labels and add up the salt that you would have in a meal or over a day
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Simple SwapsSimple Swaps
Ham or cheese
sandwich
Chicken, egg or
tuna sandwich
CrispsPlain
popcorn
Biscuits Dried Fruit
Swap For
What have we learnt today?
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That salt is hidden in many of our favourite foods
That eating to much salt can make us unhealthy
That changing the amount of salt that we eat can be easy
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