How can I cut the amount of sodium in my diet?

Question

I recently calculated how much sodium I ate in my diet, and considering the maximum amount I found was 2400 mg, my intake was like 3 times as much as this each day!! I can't cut any more food because I wouldn't be getting enough carbs and protein etc. so how do you make better choices for less sodium?

Answer 1

Ok, forget using salt to season i.e when boiling stuff like pasta and vegetables, and leave off when using on chips etc.
If you really like salt but need to cut it out, have you tried Lo-Salt? It's alot better for you.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I don't know if you have already done these, but I found the easiest ways to cut sodium in my diet were:
1. Stop using the salt shaker ~ when cooking, or on food after cooking, as well as other "Season All" type mixtures (their main ingredient is usually salt/sodium). Substitute another seasoning that suits the food, like lemmon pepper on green beans.
2. Curtail "eating out", or order "unsalted" selections ~ I have found that even the best restaurants use salt/sodium/msg, but you can sometimes get around that by special ordering or choosing from the "guiltless" or "healthy choices" part of the menu.
3. Buy "no salt added" or "unsalted" items at the grocery ~ this might take some time, because there are so many items that (oddly) contain sodium.
4. Buy as many fresh foods as the season (and your lifestyle) will allow ~ almost all pre-packaged foods contain sodium (added as a preservative), but almost all fresh foods can be cooked (or blanched) and frozen, and are just as convenient to prepare as prepackaged stuff.
*I usually set aside a day each week to shop for & prepare to freeze fresh vegies & fruits.
5. Watch what you drink ~ a lot of "fun" drinks are full of sodium ~ the best thing is, of course, water, and you can flavor it yourself with some of that fruit you bought!
Hope one or more of these suggestions helps!

Answer 4

You'll soon get used to veg without salt but bread can have a lot so can some bottled waters eg Volvic as have nearly all processed foods and soups. Do all your own cooking never take aways and read the small print on labels

Answer 5

Are you just sick of the regular diet plans had been after the diet plan finish the extra lbs are just coming and coming right after finish the diet plan? Are you encounter the truth that once your entire body will get utilized to a diet program then this diet plan gets to be less efficient above time simply because your entire body adjusts to compensate?

Answer 6

Use lo-salt

it has 'less' sodium and more 'potassium' salt than normal table salt
It has more 'salty' effect, for a smaller amount

people are generally lacking in potassium, but get way, way too much sodium, so it good all round

Answer 7

eating more potassium rich foods will help, potassium helps your body rid itself of sodium. Read labels, choose foods with less sodium, don't add salt to anything you eat, and eat more fresh food than canned or preserved foods they tend to be lower in salt.

Answer 8

cook your own food, if you do not already. this way you can control the amount of salt you put into the dishes you make. drink more water instead of other beverages. the only one who can help you is pretty much yourself. good luck.

Answer 9

whole foods contain very little sodium, it's obvious you are consuming far too many processed food items.