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Salt

looserlarry
looserlarry Posts: 7
edited February 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I am doing good with the rest of my diet but I can't find anything that is salt free like the cottage cheese I ate today 400mg of salt in 1/2 cup anyone have any ideas on what to buy or cook that doesn't have salt? HELP!!! :(

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  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Well as far as I can tell the general rule is that salt is used commonly as a preservative in addition to flavor and so any sort of processed, packaged, canned type food is going to have a fair amount of sodium in it unless the packaging specifically states that it is low sodium.

    The way to avoid sodium, or to at least lower your sodium intake, is to eat fresh foods. Things from the produce aisle or the butcher or basically anything that doesn't come in a can or a jar or a tin.

    That isn't 100% true of everything but its a decent guideline I think.
  • lcfairbairn74
    lcfairbairn74 Posts: 412 Member
    The best way to avoid sodium in general, is to eat less processed food. However, unless you have a medical condition which means you need to watch your sodium levels I wouldn't worry about it too much.
  • btc1987
    btc1987 Posts: 94 Member
    Well as far as I can tell the general rule is that salt is used commonly as a preservative in addition to flavor and so any sort of processed, packaged, canned type food is going to have a fair amount of sodium in it unless the packaging specifically states that it is low sodium.

    The way to avoid sodium, or to at least lower your sodium intake, is to eat fresh foods. Things from the produce aisle or the butcher or basically anything that doesn't come in a can or a jar or a tin.

    That isn't 100% true of everything but its a decent guideline I think.

    This guy has it right.

    I would not listen to the people that say to not worry about it. People who exercise a lot and drink plenty of water can get away with higher intake than those who don't, but I would shoot for eating fresh foods for most of your calories and you should not have too much difficulty.


    If you enjoy eating cottage cheese, eat it. Just cut the sodium elsewhere.
  • aedreana
    aedreana Posts: 979 Member
    I am vegan and it is a daily struggle for me to get ENOUGH salt.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    I am doing good with the rest of my diet but I can't find anything that is salt free like the cottage cheese I ate today 400mg of salt in 1/2 cup anyone have any ideas on what to buy or cook that doesn't have salt? HELP!!! :(

    OMG, have you ever tasted cottage cheese with no salt? It is awful because we are not used to it.
    Add one food a week that you can start cooking at home. Eventually, you might do what some people do by cooking on the weekend and freezing things for the rest of the week.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Most processed foods are going to have a relatively high sodium content...so more whole foods, less processed foods.
  • Kotuliak
    Kotuliak Posts: 259 Member
    I am doing good with the rest of my diet but I can't find anything that is salt free like the cottage cheese I ate today 400mg of salt in 1/2 cup anyone have any ideas on what to buy or cook that doesn't have salt? HELP!!! :(
    Safeway sells their own Lucerne brand of Cottage Cheese with no salt added. (However, it still contains sodium, I assume whatever is naturally in milk.)

    I tried it and I found it incredibly bland. I like Cottage Cheese with pineapple, a great low-cal high-protein breakfast food, but I can't stomach the no-salt version.
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