At work today, I had this elderly woman who was I had just diagnosed as hypertensive. I asked for permission to counsel her and she agreed. We decided to start with diet. We decided to start with salt.
I started to counsel on her salt intake and I let her know the relationship between high salt and hypertension.
The guide was:
1.Cook with less salt. The taste buds with soon adapt to the new change.
2.Do not add extra salt after cooking and after food is served.Lovers of table salt shakers should desist.It is not healthy. More salt has no benefit.
3.Reduce or stop the use of seasoning cubes.They also contain salt.
4.Reduce or stop the use of the monosodium glutamate. They contain salt.
She understood what I said.
She went on to tell me that she did not use any of the above. She said she only uses MANGUL! Huh! What in the world was that? I asked around and nobody seemed to know what that was.
I had to quickly get to some elderly woman in her 70s to ask what mangul was. She said it was some concentrated salt used in the olden days before the advent of the regular table salt we use.
On further investigation, Mangul is the salt of Mangari in Borno. It is said to have lower concentration of sodium than the popular European salt. It is said to have been used before the introduction of European salt.
I was so grateful to have learnt something new from this mama.
The guide was:
1.Cook with less salt. The taste buds with soon adapt to the new change.
2.Do not add extra salt after cooking and after food is served.Lovers of table salt shakers should desist.It is not healthy. More salt has no benefit.
3.Reduce or stop the use of seasoning cubes.They also contain salt.
4.Reduce or stop the use of the monosodium glutamate. They contain salt.
She understood what I said.
She went on to tell me that she did not use any of the above. She said she only uses MANGUL! Huh! What in the world was that? I asked around and nobody seemed to know what that was.
I had to quickly get to some elderly woman in her 70s to ask what mangul was. She said it was some concentrated salt used in the olden days before the advent of the regular table salt we use.
On further investigation, Mangul is the salt of Mangari in Borno. It is said to have lower concentration of sodium than the popular European salt. It is said to have been used before the introduction of European salt.
I was so grateful to have learnt something new from this mama.
Dr Dileem says food without salt will be spewed! Try to learn as much as you can from the older generation. As the proverb goes :What we see standing, they see sitting!!
Dr Dileem
The Likita Bokanturai
Kano Nigeria
Dr Dileem
The Likita Bokanturai
Kano Nigeria
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