{"id":1319,"date":"2021-03-04T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:42:43","slug":"salt-awareness-week-4th-11th-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/2021\/03\/04\/salt-awareness-week-4th-11th-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Awareness Week 4th &#8211; 11th March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Salt Awareness Week will take place 8 &#8211; 14 March 2021 and this year the theme is &#8216;More Flavour, Less Salt&#8217;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>It may seem as though the only way to add flavour to home-cooked meals is with a big pinch of salt, but there are so many other ways to ensure your food packs a flavoursome punch! This\u00a0<strong>Salt Awareness Week<\/strong>, we will be providing simple tips to help you use less salt, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replacing salt with chili, citrus, fresh herbs, garlic, black pepper and spices<\/li>\n<li>Cutting back on sauces such as soy sauce, ketchup and salad dressings which can contain lots of hidden salt<\/li>\n<li>Using lower salt-stocks, or making your own low-salt stock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information please use the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actiononsalt.org.uk\/awareness\/more-flavour-less-salt-2021\/\">More Flavour, Less Salt! 2021 &#8211; Action on Salt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Mens-Health.pdf\">Salt and Men&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Stroke-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">Stroke Fact Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Food-Labelling.pdf\">Salt and Food Labelling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-Substitutes.pdf\">Salt Substitutes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-Awareness-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">Salt Awareness Fact Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Coronary-Heart-Disease.pdf\">Salt and Coronary Heart Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Blood-Pressure.pdf\">Salt and Blood Pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Your-Health.pdf\">Salt and Your Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Reducing-Salt-and-Saving-Lives.pdf\">Reducing Salt and Saving Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Womens-Health.pdf\">Salt and Women&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Low-Salt-Cookbook.pdf\">Low Salt Cookbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Stomach-Cancer.pdf\">Salt and Stomach Cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Salt-and-Osteoporosis.pdf\">Salt and Osteoporosis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/files\/2021\/02\/Cooking-For-Men.pdf\">Cooking For Men<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Awareness Week will take place 8 &#8211; 14 March 2021 and this year the theme is &#8216;More Flavour, Less Salt&#8217; It may seem as though the only way to add flavour to home-cooked meals is with a big pinch &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/2021\/03\/04\/salt-awareness-week-4th-11th-march-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68830,"featured_media":1429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/healthandwellbeing-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}