Read Food Labels Can Avoid Yourself Before Eating of Death

Semarang, the death rate from non-communicable diseases ( PTM ) such as heart disease , hypertension , cancer , and diabetes mellitus in Indonesia is increasing every year . Many things can be done to prevent the disease , one of which read the labels of processed food products .

Deputy for Food Safety Monitoring and Hazardous Materials POM , Yusra Egayanti said labeling is also the prevention of NCDs. One important thing to be seen in the food label is the nutritional value information .

" Not only the price is concerned , but also the nutritional value labels . Additionally the product name , package size , registration number , and composition , " said after the ceremony Egayanti education Observe Consumption Sugar, Salt , Fat and Read Label Packaging , at the Crown Hotel , Semarang , and was written on Wednesday ( 09/04/2014 ) .
(see also: pakan burung cendet)

Director of Communicable Disease Control DG and PL Ministry of Health , Ekowati Rahajeng also conveyed by reading package labels society can regulate calorie intake per day to 2,000 kcal for adults .

" Dilabelnya also with health messages , such as calories more than 2,000 kcal cardiac risk . So people can know , ' oh , I 've consumed calories was this not so good ' , " said Ekowati .

Of household health survey data and basic health research in 2007 , the death rate due to PTM from 2001 to 2007 increased from 49.9 % to 59.9 % . Type of the disease is hypertension 31.7 % , 7.2 % heart disease , cancer / tumors 4.3 % and 1.1 % diabetes mellitus .

Source:http://news.detik.com/

To reduce these figures , the Ministry of Health which suggests to limit gule consumption per day is the equivalent of 50 grams 4 tablespoons , then 2,000 mm sodium salt / sodium equivalent to 5 grams or 1 teaspoon , while fat consumption , safe amount consumed is 67 grams 5 tablespoons of oil equivalent per day .