Savoring Health: Yesan County Public Health Center’s Innovative Cooking Class for Seniors a Recipe for Success

[뉴스충청인/예산] The Yesan County Public Health Center in South Chungcheong Province operated a ‘Low-salt and low-sugar healthy cooking class for seniors’ to improve proper eating habits for 12 participants in the high blood pressure and diabetes exercise class program over a total of four times starting on October 21.

This cooking class received a great response from participants by promoting the importance of healthy eating habits and providing nutritional and dietary information for managing chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, as well as low-salt and low-sugar recipes that can be used at home.

The training focused on recipes that can bring out rich flavor without artificial additives, excessive salt, or sugar. △Week 1: Making natural seasoning (dash pack) △Week 2: Making natural sugar △Week 3: Making low-salt salt △Week 4: Making low-salt soy sauce Including △bean sprout soup, △pork bulgogi, △buckthorn radish soup, △beef and vegetable bulgogi, etc., we conducted cooking practice to cook delicious dishes while reducing the intake of carbohydrates, sugar, and sodium.

As a result of a survey on eating habits among participants in the low-salt, low-sugar healthy cooking class, the rate of practicing desirable eating habits was found to be 83.3%, and there were many opinions that this training was helpful in practicing low-salt and low-sugar cooking.

A public health center official said, “We will continue to provide education to raise awareness of the importance of low-salt and low-sugar eating habits for seniors with chronic diseases.” He added, “By forming healthy eating habits that include eating less salty and less sweet foods, we will reduce the risk of severe chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.” “I hope it will help prevent fires,” he said.