人们摄入的过多的盐主要来自包装食品和餐厅食品。在墨西哥城的餐馆里,和龙舌兰酒相伴的是盐与酸橙,喝冰镇啤酒也少不了盐,甚至水果也要与盐、辣椒相伴。墨西哥人对盐的偏好令人惊讶,据估计,他们吃的盐通常是推荐量的3倍,远高于美国人的盐摄入量。伴随这一现象的是肥胖症和高血压发病率的上升。食用过量的盐是人体健康的潜在噩梦,为此,墨西哥城投入大量资金发起了减少市民食盐摄入量的“低盐运动”。墨西哥城卫生部部长阿曼 Too much salt that people take in comes mainly from packaged foods and restaurant foods. In Mexico City restaurants, accompanied by tequila is salt and lime, drink cold beer indispensable salt, and even the fruit accompanied by salt, pepper. The Mexican preference for salt is astonishing, as it is estimated that the salt they eat is usually three times the recommended amount, well above the salt intake in the United States. Accompanied by this phenomenon is the rise in the incidence of obesity and hypertension. Excessive consumption of salt is a potential nightmare for human health. To this end, Mexico City has invested heavily in launching a “low-salt campaign” to reduce salt intake in the community. Oman, Minister of Health, Mexico City