When it comes to aging blood vessels and the seasoning that limits high blood pressure, everyone thinks of salt. However, in the opinion of knowledgeable veteran herbalists: the more insidious seasoning that can age blood vessels and increase blood pressure may not be salt.
How to keep your mouth shut and avoid metabolic diseases from taking over and getting worse? TCM doctors never dip a seasoning in their lives:MSG.
Some people are going to say, what are you putting in the satellite, this can not eat, that can not eat, and then eat no fresh taste, then how to do? Don’t worry, MSG is not toxic, but eating too much is not good for the blood vessels we do not realize. And will give you alternative programs: good for blood vessels, healthier, cheaper alternative seasonings, everyone can do at home themselves.
“MSG is sodium salt, which makes blood vessels irreversibly aging”
“Cooking basic steaming, put salt not MSG, pickled products I do not eat, the salt is too high; MSG I also do not put, because it is sodium salt.” Director Ma reminded to: many patients with hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease only know to eat less salt, do not know that MSG is also a high salt condiment.
MSG also has salt in the middle? Is it true?
A bag of MSG is half a bag of sodium salt
“MSG, also called monosodium glutamate, has a fresh taste because it contains sodium salt. We feel thirsty after eating in restaurants, not necessarily because of salty, to put it bluntly, too much MSG is put in.”
Sodium (monosodium glutamate) intake is too much, and water retention in the body is also more, which has a great impact on cardiovascular disease. Normal daily sodium intake should be in 5 to 6 grams, and most of us are already seriously over the daily sodium intake, MSG plus a handful of oil, resulting in cardiovascular aging, a process that is not reversible.
According to research: MSG contains sodium salt, 1 gram of MSG contains 136 mg of sodium, a small spoonful (3 to 5) grams of MSG put down, that is also a spoonful of salt, but we are all unaware of it.
Eating too much MSG can make the smooth muscle of blood vessels swell
Normal adult daily intake of sodium salt 1 ~ 2 grams can meet the physiological needs, such as over-eating can cause the body water sodium pig retention, resulting in vascular smooth muscle swelling, lumen thinning, vascular resistance is elevated. At the same time, the blood volume rises, increasing the burden on the heart and kidneys, and further increasing blood pressure.
Investigation shows that: our average salt for each increase of 1 gram, systolic pressure (high pressure) will increase by 2 mm Hg, diastolic pressure (low pressure) will increase by 1.7 mm Hg. And people over 60 years old are particularly sensitive to sodium intake. Therefore, MSG intake in the elderly should be as cautious as that of table salt. This is especially true for patients suffering from hypertension, nephritis, edema, etc.
Although MSG is not a poison, there is no authority that publishes the recommended amount of MSG to use, so it is still recommended today, especially for patients with hypertension and kidney disease: control the amount of MSG yourself, keep the salt in MSG in perspective as well, and better yet, do not eat or reduce MSG.
Trivia: Chicken essence has very little to do with chicken, and more to do with monosodium glutamate
People found that too much monosodium glutamate (the main component of MSG) can affect human health, so some manufacturers have launched “chicken” products. In fact, the main ingredient of chicken essence is still “monosodium glutamate”.
Unlike MSG, the packaging of chicken essence often depicts an old hen, and even has instructions such as “made from top quality fat chicken” or “made from real top quality chicken”.
However, MSG (monosodium glutamate) accounts for about 40% of the total ingredients of chicken essence, and salt accounts for more than 10%. In some cases, the amount of MSG usually exceeds the amount of ingredients that actually come from natural foods, so be careful when eating chicken extract!