Page 44 • The HERALD • 9th May 2024 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v Kit Davison FHP MCFHP MAFHP Qualified Foot Health Practitioner • Corns, Calluses, ingrown toenails, • Athlete’s Foot and thickened toenails. • Toenail and fingernail cutting. Flexible appointments and home visits available. 07752 674591 kdavison@kdfootcare.co.uk http://kdfootcare.co.uk Health, Beauty & Wellbeing Healthy Heart Tip: Reducing your Salt Consumption by the Health Promotion and Education Team at Heart Research UK Consuming too much salt can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for developing heart diseases. Salt is a source of sodium which is essential for a healthy body and diet. However, when we consume too much it can have a negative e ect on our cardiovascular system and kidneys. Did you know that one tablespoon of soy sauce contains almost 3g of salt? e NHS recommends no more than 6g of salt a day, this is around one level teaspoon. is includes salt that is already in our foods, plus any that’s added during or a er cooking. Here are some tips to help you reduce your salt consumption. Reduce processed food consumption: Processed, ultra-processed foods and packaged foods are o en responsible for much of the salt you eat. Eating a diet based on fresh foods, fruits and vegetables will help to reduce your salt intake and improve your heart health. Processed foods are those that undergo any deliberate changes before being sold, for example, washing, cutting, canning, freezing or adding preservatives. Whereas ultra-processed foods, undergo extensive processing and end up looking nothing like their original state. ey o en have additives, arti cial avours and colours, sweeteners and preservatives added to them. Always check your food labels when purchasing packaged foods. Green and amber on the tra c light system labels are healthier as they tend to be lower in salt. Try to avoid labels with red on them where you can. If possible, try and make the foods from scratch, this way you know exactly what’s going into it. It may help to batch cook and freeze some of the meals for convenience. Choose lower-salt alternatives: Try low, reduced salt or sodium versions of foods and sauces. ese are o en available for soy sauces, jars of sauce and stock. If possible, buy tinned vegetables, pulses or sh in water instead of brine, this will reduce your salt consumption further. For a food to be classi ed as low in salt, it needs to have 0.3g salt or less per 100g. Between 0.3g and 1.5g of salt is classed as medium salt content, whilst 1.5g salt or more per 100g is seen as high salt content. Don’t add salt to your food: Herbs and spices such as parsley, oregano and chilli powder are a great alternative to use than salt. You could try adding lemon, garlic and wholegrain mustard for extra avours in your cooking too. Experiment with your avours and enjoy your cooking. Sight Loss Information Drop in Hub Hythe Sight Loss Free Information Drop in Hub is held every second Wednesday of the month from 10am to 12noon at Hythe Library, 38 Pylewell Road, Hythe SO45 6AQ. No appointment necessary, just pop in. Go and chat with their Sight Loss Advisor who can o er information and guidance on all matters related to sight loss. Demonstration of Low Vision Aids and Equipment as well as personalised Low Vision Aid Assessments. ey are also able to signpost you to other support and services including their home visits, family services, bene ts advice and much more. To nd out more, please contact Open Sight Hampshire: 023 8064 1244 or email: info@opensight.org.uk eir Sight Loss Information Drop in Hubs across Hampshire are sponsored by e National Lottery Community. Join Alzheimer’s Research UK this summer at Walk For A Cure - a series of 5km fundraising walks. Taking place across the UK, these family-friendly, accessible events will bring together everyone impacted by dementia. Following the success of the inaugural series of events in 2023, they are back this year with six exciting locations. Your nearest walk is located at Southampton Common on Sunday 30th June. Almost one million people are living with dementia in the UK. Tragically, none of them will survive. Alzheimer’s Research UK exists to change that. With the backing of their supporters, the charity won’t stop until dementia can no longer destroy lives. One walker, who knows just how important dementia research is, is Olive Munro, who is living with vascular dementia. She took part in Walk For A Cure last year and enjoyed it so much she has signed up to do it again! “The event was fantastic! It was amazing to see so many folks who have been affected by dementia coming together to do something to support research. I know that developments in dementia research are likely to come too late for me, but I’m determined to do what I can to help scientists find a cure so future generations will not be affected. I have six grandchildren and I hope that in their lifetime dementia will become something that people no longer need to worry about. But this will not happen without support for research. That is why I took part in Walk For A Cure.” To make a di erence and join forces with hundreds of others who are walking to nd a cure for dementia sign up here: alzres.uk/WFAC-SH Walk For A Cure London Liveries New Forest and Waterside U3A hold their twice monthly meetings in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dibden Purlieu. e next meeting is on Tuesday 21st May, 2pm, for ‘London Liveries’ by Mike Gibson. Followed on Tuesday 4th June for ‘Su ering Su ragettes’ by Jane Glennie. Tea and biscuits are available a er the talk, and the meeting ends at approximately 3.30pm New Forest and Waterside have many interest groups such as gardening, history, discussion, skittles and much more. ere is usually a luncheon once a month and a holiday once a year. Other activities have included a visit to Hilliers for the lights, Lepe House open garden, theatre trips, garden visits, local brewery visit, snowdrops at Welford, the Hawk Conservancy, Arundel Carpet of owers and the Waterside Heritage Centre. If you are interested in joining this friendly group please go along on the first or third Tuesday in the month or contact the secretary: u3a.nfwsecretary@outlook.com Hythe Indoor Arts and Crafts Market As well as the very popular Hythe Market held on the High Street, you will also nd an Indoor Arts And Cra s Market every Tuesday in St John’s Church Hall from 9am to 2pm. e indoor market has been running for over 30 years, o ering a wide variety of stalls from local cra ers and sellers. e regular stalls include handmade gi s for babies and children, leatherette goods, hair accessories, jewellery, wool, haberdashery, plants, homemade cakes, preserves and jams, greetings cards, wooden fairy doors and trinket boxes, wind chimes and more! You can also take a break from the shopping whilst you are there and enjoy a hot drink and a bacon bap or slice of cake from the café run by volunteers from St John’s Church. Next time you are in Hythe on market day pop along and take a look!
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