low sodium/low sugar

skwhatley

Both diabetes and hypertension runs on both sides of my family and at 23 I'd like to start early with monitoring my intake. I do little things like eat sugar free jello or I'll drink some crystal light to watch my sugar intake but when it comes to watching my sodium I'm pretty clueless. I was wondering if there was any items I could buy in a grocery store that are both low sodium and delicious or at least tasty?

skwhatley

Both diabetes and hypertension runs on both sides of my family and at 23 I'd like to start early with monitoring my intake. I do little things like eat sugar free jello or I'll drink some crystal light to watch my sugar intake but when it comes to watching my sodium I'm pretty clueless. I was wondering if there was any items I could buy in a grocery store that are both low sodium and delicious or at least tasty?

Losing_It

If you are a cereal person, Kellogg's Froasted Mini Wheats (a new variety of flavors) have ZERO sodium. Not so good on sugar though!:laugh:

My favorite is the cinnamon streusel.

havingitall

I tend to not cook with salt at all, even when boiling veggies or pasta. I keep my sodium intake low.

You really need to read labels when you are shopping. That is the only way you can be certain

skwhatley

It seems thats all I do now is read labels. Haha. Cooking is not my strong point so a lot of my food is frozen meals or boxed dinners and all of that contains high amounts of sodium. I never realized how quickly it all added up until I started logging all my food. My sugar is usually pretty good its really the salts I have problems with. And it doesn't help that I have a salty tooth rather than a sweet tooth. :blushing:

skwhatley

If you are a cereal person, Kellogg's Froasted Mini Wheats (a new variety of flavors) have ZERO sodium. Not so good on sugar though!:laugh:

My favorite is the cinnamon streusel.

I love Frosted Mini Wheats! Nice choice. I'll have to branch out and try some of the other flavors as well. Thanks.

porka29

It seems thats all I do now is read labels. Haha. Cooking is not my strong point so a lot of my food is frozen meals or boxed dinners and all of that contains high amounts of sodium. I never realized how quickly it all added up until I started logging all my food. My sugar is usually pretty good its really the salts I have problems with. And it doesn't help that I have a salty tooth rather than a sweet tooth. :blushing:

I'm with you on that, I couldn't and still can't believe my sodium intake - without adding any!!!:noway: I also have a salty tooth as opposed to a sweet tooth myself. I have quite an addiction to sunflower seeds and licking the shell when opening:grumble: Sadly enough I run in the high 3,000 range and this could obviously be what is holding my weighloss back.