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LOW SALT DIET
Sodium controlled diets are designed to avoid excessive sodium retention
The low salt diet is used for persons with diseases that affect fluid balance or where a decrease in body fluid volume will relieve symptoms of the disease.
Conditions where control may be indicated are severe heart failure, impaired liver function, high blood pressure, and acute and chronic kidney disease.
the following guidelines to help reduce the amount of sodium in your diet
Take the salt shaker off the table and omit salt from recipes and food preparation.
Cook without salt or with only small amounts of added salt.
Learn to enjoy the flavors of unsalted foods.
Try flavoring foods with herbs, spices, and lemon juice.
Read food labels carefully to determine the amounts of sodium. Learn to recognize ingredients that contain sodium. Salt, soy sauce, salt brine or any ingredient with sodium (such as monosodium glutamate) or baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as part of its name contains sodium.
Rinsing canned vegetables and fish will remove much of the salt.
Season or marinate meat, poultry, and fish ahead of time with onion, garlic and your favorite herbs before cooking to bring out the flavor.
Some terms describing sodium content: lite, light, lightly salted, low sodium, reduced sodium, sodium free, unsalted, no salt added, without salt added, very low sodium.
Use lower sodium products, when available, to replace those with higher sodium content.
Use simple techniques like saving chicken broth from a chicken you cook at home rather than buying a canned, powdered or bouillon cube broth.
When dining out words that signal high sodium include: smoked, barbecued, pickled, broth, soy sauce, teriyaki, Creole sauce, marinated, cocktail sauce, tomato base, Parmesan, and mustard sauce.
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FOODS RECOMMENDED |
FOODS TO AVOID |
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MILK & DAIRY 2-3 servings each day |
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All milk and milk products, except buttermilk Cream cheese Low sodium cheeses Yogurt |
Buttermilk Cheese (Muenster, Colby, Cheddar, Blue, Gouda, American, Velveeta) Cheese spreads |
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FRUIT & VEGETABLES 5-9 servings each day |
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Fresh or frozen vegetables No added salt or low salt canned vegetables No added salt tomato products Salt-free vegetable juices All fruit and fruit juices |
Canned vegetables Frozen vegetables with seasoning and sauces Pickle relish, sweet or sour Pickled Vegetables Pickles and others prepared in brine Sauerkraut Vegetable or tomato juices, canned or bottled Pickled Fruits |
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BREADS & GRAINS 6-11 servings each day |
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Bread and rolls Dry and cooked cereals Pancakes, waffles Potatoes Salt-free potato chips Salt-free pretzels/snack chips Rice, barley, noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and other pastas Tortillas Unsalted crackers Unsalted popcorn |
Breads and rolls with salted tops Instant hot cereals Instant Food Products (e.g., cereals, pasta mixes, potatoes, rice, etc.) Such as boxed mixes like rice, scalloped potatoes, macaroni and cheese Popcorn, Pre-packaged Microwave Salted popcorn Saltines, potato chips, pretzels, snack chips, pork rinds |
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MEATS & MEAT SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily |
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All fresh and fresh frozen meats (poultry, fish, shellfish, beef, pork, lamb) Canned unsalted tuna fish Dried peas and beans Eggs Low sodium peanut butter Unsalted nuts Unsalted soybeans and other meat substitutes Soups Homemade soups, made with allowed ingredients Unsalted broth or bouillon Low sodium commercial soup |
Cured, salted, canned or smoked meats, poultry, or fish such as corned beef, ham, bacon, luncheon meats, beef jerky, bologna, pork rinds, hog maws, ribs, chitterlings, frankfurter, sausage, chorizo, canned fish like tuna, sardines, mackerel, anchovies, caviar, salted cod, herring, sardines, lox, dry fish, and kippered salmon Dried Fish, Assorted (e.g., dried shrimp) Frozen pizza Frozen prepared meat entree dinners such as pot pies, macaroni and cheese Kosher meats Pickled Meats Regular peanut butter Salted nuts Soups Broth and soups with added salt Regular canned soups Regular instant soups Regular bouillon cubes |
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FATS & SNACKS (use sparingly) |
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Margarine, vegetable oils and lard Unsalted gravies Unsalted butter Mayonnaise, sour cream Salt-free salad dressings Homemade salad dressings, made without added salt Whipping cream Sugar, honey, jelly, jam, syrup, candies Popsicles, fruit ice, sherbet, fruit sorbet, marshmallows Homemade cookies, pies, cakes made with allowed ingredients |
Butter Commercial salad dressings Cheese-based dressings Bacon fat, fatback, salt pork Salad dressing mixes Olives, green and black Prepared frozen cream pies and cheese cake Instant pudding mixes Commercially prepared baked goods (Cakes, cookies, pie) Salted nuts |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Allspice, Mustard (dry) Almond Extract Basil Bay Leaves Capello's Italian Style Seasoning Caraway Seeds Chives Cider Vinegar Cinnamon Curry Powder Diamond Crystal Dill Garlic Powder Ginger Herbal Seasonings: Lawry's Seasoned Pepper Lawry's Seasoning (no salt) Lemon Juice Mace Mrs. Dash Nutmeg Onion Powder Paprika Parsley Parsley Patch Peppermint Extract Pimento Rosemary Sage Salt free seasoning blends Savory Sodium-free Baking Powder Thyme Turmeric Vinegar Wagner's all-purpose Seasonings Labeled "no salt" Asian Products, Assorted [e.g., bean paste and sauces, oriental dried plums and other dried seeds, vegetables and fruits (lemon & ginger)] |
Accent Alka-Seltzer All commercially prepared and convenience foods, such as TV dinners, box mixes, canned entrees, Hamburger Helper, meat pies, Chinese dinners, pizza, Shake'n Bake mixes BBQ sauce Celery salt Chili sauce Garlic salt Horseradish Kitchen Bouquet Lemon pepper Marinade sauce Meat tenderizers Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Onion salt Party spreads Regular ketchup Relish Salad dressings Salt Seasoning salts Sodium Benzoate Sodium Citrate Sodium Nitrate Sodium Phosphate Sodium Propionate Sodium Saccharin Soy sauce Steak sauce Tartar sauce Teriyaki sauce Worcestershire sauce |
The above opinionated views and information serves to educated and informed consumer . The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. .It should not replaced professional advise and consultation.A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions
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