How do you cut down on your sodium??

RobynEStout

Avoid the 'isles' when shopping- FRESH FOOD is key. Del taco hard tacos 180mg sodium (best I have found). no sodium tomato sauces. Pasta has no sodium. Ezekiel bread has a no sodium bread- bread sucks up sodium fast (in the organic section). Also Amy's has light in sodium frozen frozen meals. Bob's hot cereal is good to add fruit and stuff too and is low sodium. There is also low sodium deli meats just watch the packaging. Also swiss lace cheese is only 35mg/serving.

Also- salt alternatives contain a lot of potassium so watch those levels also as they can be as dangerous as sodium levels. :-)

3laine75

i never use low sodium salt or products. just use only proper ingredients then you can measure and add your own salt (sea salt not the nasty spherical stuff). don't use anything processed e.g. make your own tomato juice or spaghetti sauce.

Kalynx

I have only been doing the low sodium thing for a few weeks now but have lost 25 lbs to date (some fat, some water weight). I started using MFP just to track the sodium but am finding with the fresh, healthier sodium free foods I am cutting a ton of calories, too. Here are a few tips I've picked up that I havent seen listed.

The Mrs Dash website has great recipee ideas that are low sodium and not too many ingredients - (I hate long, complicated recipes!) I love the extra spicy blend.

Another great source was at http://www.davita.com/recipes. They are "kidney friendly" so they are low sodium and pretty healthy all around, and again most are not too complicated.

I found a great low sodium mac n cheese recipe at http://www.kidneytimes.com/recipes.php?criteria=Recipes that I adjusted to my liking...I can handle five ingredients!!

At http://www.lowsaltfoods.com/ you can look up any type of food you might buy and find brands with lowest sodium content. It is under the "low sodium foods" tab on the left. I did a lot of research there before my first trip to the grocery store on the low sodium mission.

One 10" flour torilla can have from 350 to 500+ mg of sodium, while a corn torilla the same size can be as low as 30 to 50 mg.

Some things I still need to add salt to taste, but I add very little and I am aware of whats going in my mouth. I'm switching to sea salt my next trip to the store after reading about the health benefits!!

Decide what you want and like to eat, figure out how to make it low sodium, and buy fresh! Read labels...you can do it.

Kalynx

forgot these..

Fifty 50 Crunchy Peanut Butter - 0 sodium

Vegenaise (a vegan mayo) - 85 mg sodium for 2 tablespoons