Salt Meter helps to reduce salt use

- Dutch food according to the Kidney average of 1 kilogram of salt per year too much. Therefore, the organization is launching Thursday zoutmeter.com to raise awareness of the use of salt.

Based on some questions on the website shows the salt meter how much salt you eat and how to reduce it. If everyone eats less than 3 grams of salt per day in the Netherlands, that saves 1500 deaths annually, according to the Kidney Foundation. Too much salt raises blood pressure and thereby cause or aggravate the risk of cardiovascular disease and kidney damage can.

According to the Kidney Foundation know most Dutch do too much salt is harmful. However, research shows that one in five intend to eat more than the maximum recommended amount of six grams per day. But the blunt truth is that 85 percent of Dutch people eat too much salt.