Suara.com – Indonesians are used to eating fried and instant processed foods. The taste that tends to be sweet, salty and spicy, unconsciously makes people consume food intake gula, excess salt and fat.
In fact, according to a nutrition expert as well as a nutrition lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Dr. Annis Catur Adi, Ir, M.Si consuming excess sugar, salt, and fat because it can cause disease non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, to hypertension.
As is known, the limit of sugar intake per day according to the recommendation of the Ministry of Health is 10 percent of total energy (220 kcal) or the equivalent of four tablespoons per day, which is 50 grams per person per day.
“Tips to reduce sugar can be done by replacing it with spices such as ginger, cinnamon or nutmeg. Always read the nutritional information label of the product purchased, and for snacks you can choose fruit instead of chocolate.” he said as quoted by ANTARA.
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Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health’s recommendation regarding fat intake is 67 grams or five tablespoons of oil.
“Fat intake can be reduced by changing the fried menu with not fried, for example grilled or grilled. Choose lean meat, avoid chicken skin consumption. Avoid using coconut milk, butter and margarine.”
While related to salt intake, what is meant by consumption salt according to Annis is salt that is consumed together in food or drink, has a minimum NaCl of 94 percent.
As much as 76 percent of salt consumption comes from the addition of seasonings when cooking, for example the addition of sauce and soy sauce.
Especially for salt, Annis said there are some tips to control salt intake.
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“The habit of the Indonesian people in making dishes is indeed a lot of using herbs and spices that have a high taste, while in various herbs and spices it also contains quite a lot of sodium. add a very small amount of table salt,” said Annis.
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