新奇事件簿 健康食物不健康

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The salads and healthy pastas we buy to eat well may not be as good for us as we think. Campaigners say a lot of supposedly healthy food should carry a health warning because of the high salt content. The British pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) reported recently that many take-away salads and other foods aimed at the health conscious actually contain more salt than a Big Mac and fries. This means many British people are unknowingly overdosing on salt on a regular, if not daily, basis. This report comes hot on the heels of an earlier CASH finding that many pre-packaged sandwiches are up to seven times saltier than a bag of potato chips. The danger is that high salt consumption causes high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks.

沙拉和意大利面可能沒我們想的那么健康。宣傳人士表示由于鹽含量過高，許多我們認為健康的食物實則存在健康隱患。英國“鹽與健康共同行動”組織日前報告稱，許多外帶沙拉等“健康”食物實則為高鹽食物，含量高于巨無霸和薯條。如果你不是每天食用的話，許多民眾的鹽攝入量仍經(jīng)常超標。但在不久前，該組織又公布了一項研究結(jié)果，發(fā)現(xiàn)許多預(yù)先打包好的三明治含鹽量超過了薯條的7倍。食用高鹽食物會引發(fā)高血壓、中風以及心臟病。

CASH looked at 156 readymade salads and pasta dishes from Britain’s leading food retailers and fast-food outlets. The researchers discovered that compared with a Big Mac and small fries, which has 2.7 grams of salt, a noodle salad from a chain called EAT contained 4.4 grams per portion. This is almost three-quarters of the 6-gram recommended daily salt limit for an adult. Twenty per cent of the meals contained more salt than is ideal. Professor Graham MacGregor of CASH said: "Many people think of a salad as a healthy lunch and in many cases this is true.” He added: “We would encourage people to look out for low-salt, low-fat salads as a good lunchtime option.” However, he warned: “There are some salads out there which really ought to carry a health warning, rather than be thought of as a healthy option.”

該組織對英國主要食品零售商，快餐連鎖店的156種即食沙拉和意大利面進行研究。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，巨無霸和小薯條的含鹽量為2.7克，“EAT”連鎖店的面條沙拉含鹽量為每份4.4克。這幾乎是成人每天食用鹽攝入量建議值的四分之三。20%的飯食含鹽量超過理想值。該組織教授格雷厄姆·麥格瑞哲表示：“許多人認為沙拉是健康午餐，在許多情況下確實如此。”他還表示：“我們推薦人們食用低鹽，低脂沙拉作為午餐首選。”然而，他警告稱：“許多沙拉確實存在健康隱患，并不是人們所認為的健康選擇。”