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Are you eating too much salt?
Too much salt in your diet can lead to high blood pressure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer and could worsen asthma.
Recommended salt intake per day
Adults: 6g
11-14 years: 6g
7-10 years: 5g
4-6 years: 3g
1-3 years: 2g
7-12 months: 1g
0-6 months: less than 1g
Tips
1. Don't add salt to your food at the dinner table.
2. Avoid processed foods, including sweet treats, which can be just as high in salt as savoury food.
3. Eat more fruit and vegetables, which are naturally low in salt.
delicious. magazine recommends that each serving of food you consume contains no more than 0.5g of salt. Here are some great low-salt recipes; for many more, go to the recipe page and search for the low salt option in the dietary dropdown box.
Main Course roast vegetable salad with greens
Balsamic and thyme steak, Dijon mash & cabbage
Celeriac and potato dauphinoise
Roast pork, braised red cabbage, pears & juniper
Dill and Maldon sea salt flatbreads