潜水简介：
- Consumers who always add salt to their food have a 28% higher risk of premature death compared to those who never add the seasoning, according to astudy published in European Heart Journalearlier this month. Men who said they always add salt lost an average of 2.3 years from their lives, while women who always add salt lost an average of 1.5 years.
- 研究人员发现，吃更多的水果和蔬菜对那些说总是添加盐的人的负面影响。对于那些吃了高水平的水果和蔬菜的人来说，盐使用和死亡率增加之间没有显着联系。
- 钠的消耗量已经repeatedly associated with health problems，包括心脏病，高血压和中风。美国政府有not made any binding policy要求公司减少可以包装或餐厅食品的金额。
Dive Insight:
这项研究是对盐消耗的另一项打击。尽管这是各种食品的流行调味料，但科学研究发现食用矿物质的健康影响并没有任何好处。
数据来自501379人填写了questionnaire on the frequency of adding salt to foods on the UK Biobank, a massive biomedical database with information available to researchers. Those who worked on this paper followed up with these people for a median of nine years, monitoring their health impacts and death rates.
一个lthough this research is pulled from British consumer information, the results have direct correlations to U.S. consumers.
根据2016年疾病控制与预防中心的研究，美国有90％的儿童和89％的成年人消费超过推荐的钠水平。一年后，CDC研究发现71% of the salt consumers eat在加工和餐厅食品中发现。桌子上只添加了5％的盐分。
一个Ajinomoto Group的全球调查发现有64％的美国消费者知道盐对他们不利，但只有41％的人试图控制其摄入量。
However, avoiding the salt shaker could pay off, the European Heart Journal study found. When all is said and done, the additional salt may only represent a tiny fraction of the amount that consumers eat, but it can make a big difference. The study also partially puts the onus on CPG companies to cut down on the sodium in their products. Some companies, including百事可乐，，，，Kraft HeinzandSmithfield Foods，，，，are working to reduce the amount of salt used in their offerings.
经过五年的申请，FDA发布了自愿盐减少指南去年163种包装食品。这些准则将有助于将平均每日盐消耗从3,400毫克减少到3,000毫克，降低12％。在最近针对美国人的饮食指南中，它仍然超过了2300毫克最高的建议。
目前尚不清楚有多少公司已经接受了这些新的减少钠减少指南。他们只是自愿的，没有研究它们在他们出来以来的近八个月内出版。但是，减少盐盐行动的竞选活动经理Sonia Pombo对盐的行动，told Food Ingredients Firstthat this study shows the need for “mandatory, comprehensive salt reduction targets which would require all companies to work towards the same standards.”
