TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Consuming salt excess can lead to an increased risk of disease hypertension or high blood pressure.
Consumption salt excessive is one of the triggers.
Hence, there are consumption recommendations salt is 2,000 mg of sodium per person per day. The amount is equivalent to one teaspoon salt.
The recommendation is contained in the Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 30 of 2013 concerning Inclusion of Information on Sugar, Salt and Fat Content as well as Health Messages for Processed Food and Ready-to-Serve Food.
Despite getting special attention, actually salt is not the main factor that causes hypertension. However, there are other supporting things that need attention.
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Chairman of InaSH (Indonesian Society of Hypertension), dr. Stump D. Situmorang SpPD-KGH, obesity is also a factor in which people are exposed to it hypertension.
“What increases the risk is the foods that people make obesity.”
“Apart from that, people don’t like to move,” he said at the launch of Omron’s products, via the Zoom application, Wednesday (14/10/2020).
Tunggul then suggested that every adult aged person start regularly taking regular blood pressure measurements.
Thus, the facts about the potential for disease hypertension or not (primary hypertension) can be detected.
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