Need Low Sodium Recipes ASAP!

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KarenK37
KarenK37 Posts: 125 Member
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I am looking for low sodium recipes to lower my blood pressure I have decided to lose weight and change diet. Help Please!

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  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
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    Well, I don't have recipes per say, but I am hypertensive and can perhaps share some tips with you. I'll send you a message in a bit.
  • Binkie1955
    Binkie1955 Posts: 329 Member
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    forget it. Sodium has nothing to do with blood pressure. it's a myth. if you want to lower your blood pressure you have to reduce your carbohydrates. you can eat all the salt you want.

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    forget it. Sodium has nothing to do with blood pressure. it's a myth. if you want to lower your blood pressure you have to reduce your carbohydrates. you can eat all the salt you want.

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt

    might want to be careful with this advice many cardiologist still want patients to have a low sodium diet 2000mg. The DASH diet which has been pretty rigorously tested and has shown in most cases to reduce blood pressure is <2000mg. And unless you are a direct caregiver and understand her case you could be giving detrimental advice to a potential salt sensitive hypertensive.

    OP-some great tips are to take your normal recipes and of course cut out all the salt and salt sources. Find lower salt alternatives. I'd talk to your doctor if he thinks it is safe for you to use a salt substitute like potassium chloride.

    My favorite diet for hypertension:

    The DASH diet. There are recipes in here.

    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf

    American Heart Association makes some cookbooks

    http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/CookbooksandHealthGuides/Cookbooks-and-Health-Guides_UCM_001187_SubHomePage.jsp

    and here are recipes

    http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Recipes/Recipes_UCM_001184_SubHomePage.jsp
  • KarenK37
    KarenK37 Posts: 125 Member
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    Thank you so much! This is all new for me and I'm trying to do diet alone.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
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    Have you had your blood tested to make sure your sodium is too high? Last year I self diagnosed myself and put myself on a low sodium diet. When I went for a check up, everything came back healthy except my sodium level, it was too low. Ha-ha, the joke was on me.:embarassed:
  • barbieNOT
    barbieNOT Posts: 7 Member
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    throw out salt..buy fresh veggies ( if you don't cook..just place in bowl and microwave)..buy fresh meat..bake or crock pot.....fresh veggies...and you have just lowered over 50% of sodium intake.
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
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    I don't really have any low sodium recipes. Just concentrate on home cooking and don't buy processed ready meals, as they can be packed full of sodium. Don't add salt to your home cooking and try and buy low sodium versions of stock or gravy, or avoid altogether, or make your own!
  • Bama56
    Bama56 Posts: 101 Member
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    stop adding salt when cooking, cut out processed foods (packaged meats & canned veggies), etc... eventually you will just loose the taste for salt all together. you can take any recipe and reduce the sodium by just using fresh produce and reading labels.
  • KarenK37
    KarenK37 Posts: 125 Member
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    Thank you everyone for the wonderful advice!!
  • smallbutcurvy
    smallbutcurvy Posts: 53
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    I cook my own veg , dont eat much bread or processed foods, my sodium is always very low on here and that's not something I'm trying to do ,its easy , good luck!
  • cindiefrap
    cindiefrap Posts: 7
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    I have been using this website - www.lowsodiumcooking.com since Feb and have lost 50 lbs - woot - and I love Chinese and this site has a General Tao chicken that is truly awesome! Enjoy
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
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    Sound advice, Bama56. I recently was told to reduce my salt intake (not because of high blood pressure though), and although it can be challenging some days (love my salt), the adjustment is getting easier. Like several others, I stopped adding salt to my meals, and I have eliminated the frozen soy products I have been eating for quite a few years.

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