Eating Out Often Prone to Cause Excessive Iodine Intake
?proposals concern
Times News since 1994, China began to implement mandatory iodized salt. In 1996, China began to issue “iodized salt to eliminate iodine deficiency against regulations.” Since the introduction of salt iodization that day, people questioned: Long-term consumption of iodized salt, iodine will cause excessive?
To this end, the provincial CPPCC members put forward Xia Zhao, excessive consumption of iodized salt and the high incidence of thyroid disease, recommended restaurants, Zhejiang Province, the first in the public use of non-iodized salt.
Proposal for two consecutive years on the “salt”
Xia Zhao was not willing “to be iodine,” one of the crowd: “I eat no salt, always ask your friend to buy a Japanese import of salt, iodine to their salt do not.”
Why no concern about salt? Xia Zhao said she to the party last year, listening to friends, chatting about the issue of iodized salt, and soon after, my colleagues also mentioned the same topic, we all need to continue to challenge consumption of iodized salt.
To this end, she solicited a lot of information: “Data shocking.”
Chinese Nutrition Society suggests that adults of 150 micrograms of iodine per day supply, while the market most of iodized salt in the salt iodine 20-50 micrograms per gram (average 35 micrograms) to eat 6 grams of salt a day, for example, intake reached 120-300 mg iodine (average 210 mg). According to “urban and rural residents in Zhejiang Province in 2008 diet survey” shows that the residents of our province daily intake of salt was 9.52 g, iodine intake from 200-500 mg (average 350 micrograms), significantly more than the critical value of excess iodine.
“Zhejiang residents and the people too much iodized salt intake, but also regular consumption of kelp, seaweed, fish and other iodine-rich seafood.” Xia Zhao that point of view from the ingredients, from Zhejiang should not iodine. Excessive consumption of iodized salt, may cause hyperthyroidism.
Last year, provincial “two sessions”, Xia Zhao iodized salt on the proposal, the proposal mentioned: the inhabitants of coastal iodine consumption of non-iodized salt should have the option, should be treated differently in different parts of the crowd.
The proposal received the attention of government departments. “Zheng Fu departments answer I will add later conducted a survey study of iodized salt, but the investigation of take a long time for the results, obtaining the results, we must solve for the status of Ti Chu Cuoshi one, so I at last year's proposal Ji Chu on the feasibility of this year and provided some suggestions. “Xia Zhao said, as long as the Government has not taken practical measures, she will later be submitted in mid-iodized salt on the proposal.
Whether the residents for excessive intake of iodine, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, CDC's deputy director, said Gu Fang, Zhejiang are investigating, “Zhejiang conducting salt survey results are not even the provincial disease control also led a study on Zhejiang iodine nutritional status of subjects to see whether iodine excess from Zhejiang, we also need to adjust the salt concentration of iodine in considering the issue. “
Proposed public restaurant first salt-free
Survey over the past year, Xia Zhao was found areas of increased incidence of hyperthyroidism is the most economically developed regions: Changzhou, Jiangsu, after self-consumption of iodized salt 52.0% increase in hospitalization rates thyroiditis; Fuzhou, Jilin, Dandong, etc. increased by 0.3-in patients with hyperthyroidism 3.0-fold; Shanghai since the implementation of a comprehensive eating iodized salt, endocrinologist, “subjective feeling” in patients with hyperthyroidism and goiter and related diseases have increased, but did not provide precise data.
Why the economically developed coastal areas, the incidence rate of hyperthyroidism increased so fast? Xia Zhao believes that the more economically developed areas, people who eat out more often in hotels, restaurants, excessive intake of iodine may mean: “In general, the salt dish can satisfy the human daily requirement of iodine content If more intake of seafood, kelp and other large iodine content of food, it is easy to iodine excess. In addition, the restaurant only to use iodized salt, thyroid disorders can not eat out, affecting their quality of life. “
Zhejiang Grandmother hotel purchasing department head Lee said, to Hangzhou major hotels and catering institutions salt, salt companies by Zhejiang distribution, are generally of iodized salt, restaurant food consumption does not fit people with hyperthyroidism. “We want to use non-iodized salt is not able to use.” He said, to buy the premise of non-iodized salt, the purchaser must be hyperthyroid patients, need to prove himself with the hospital, medical card and ID card to the designated point of sale purchase.
This reporter learned that, last August 19, Hangzhou has no salt added 20 points of sale. Thus, non-iodized salt supply points in Hangzhou from the 9 to 29.
