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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
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Take the salt shaker off the table
and omit salt from recipes and food preparation.
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Cook without salt or with only
small amounts of added salt.
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Learn to enjoy the flavors of
unsalted foods.
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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.
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Rinsing canned vegetables and fish
will remove much of the salt.
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Season or marinate meat, poultry,
and fish ahead of time with onion, garlic and your favorite herbs before
cooking to bring out the flavor.
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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.
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Use lower sodium products, when
available, to replace those with higher sodium content.
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Use simple techniques like saving
chicken broth from a chicken you cook at home rather than buying a canned,
powdered or bouillon cube broth.
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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 Caseinate
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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