Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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 ) .
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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 .