Pregnant, watching sodium due to high blood pressure

cammy81
cammy81 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 25 in Introduce Yourself
Anyone else? I’d love to share meal ideas!

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  • ahm29
    ahm29 Posts: 3 Member
    I also am pregnant. Probably should watch sodium intake, too. Focusing on appropriate calorie intake and healthy options! With my first baby, I gained almost 50 pounds and would not like to go down that road again.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I'm not pregnant but my husband and I really watch our sodium intake and I know this might be too obvious but we have found the #1 best thing is avoiding a lot of packaged stuff especially frozen dinners and canned food, and limiting meals out. It is amazing to me the difference between (for example) cooking dried black beans at home and putting them in a casserole, and the amount of sodium in canned black beans even after they are rinsed. Good luck with everything btw!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Well past my pregnancies but we’ve had to watch our salt. Read all nutrition labels.

    I ended up getting better at making my own soups and stews. Salt hides the flavour of substandard foods. I became familiar with the power of various herbs, love my pepper, and began picking stronger flavoured vegetables.

    My best wishes with your pregnancy.
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