Salt (sodium) intake is one of the most important causes of hypertension. Cardiologists often advise reducing salt as a way of dealing with hypertension. But where does salt in our diet usually come from?
Plant-based diet = healthy?
Many believed that simply avoiding meat would constitute a healthy diet. A recent study from the Harvard School of Public health suggests otherwise. Plant-based diet must be of “high quality”, in order to reduce coronary heart disease risk.
Read moreYum char – balanced diet?
Yum char is hugely popular in Chinese. From the heart point of view,
- multiple small plates make it quite hard to work out the right food group proportions
- many dim sums contain high overall fat content, especially saturated fat
- many dim sums contain very high salt content.
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