Top 8 Tips for Reducing Salt in Your Diet

2015-10-05 06:24

It is known that high salt level is bad for our health, because high salt can increase blood pressure, and maybe can cause high blood pressure. In addition, high blood pressure can do harm to kidney in the long run, resulting in kidney failure in the end. Hence, we should have a low salt diet in daily life. Here we will introduce 8 tips for reduce sodium in your diet.

1. Eat fresh meat

It is suggested to have fresh meat other than packaged meat in life. Sodium in fresh meat is lower than those packaged meat like bacon and ham. Canned meat or salted products should be avoided, which are in high sodium.

2. Pick fresh fruits and vegetables

You should choose fresh fruits and vegetables in life, and do not have those canned or frozen ones.

3. Sodium content on label

When you buy something, remember to see sodium content on labels, and find the low sodium ones.

4. When you choose spices or seasonings, find that writes no sodium on labels. For instance, you should select garlic power other than garlic salt.

5. As you go out to eat in restaurants, you can tell waiters to have low salt dishes, or no salt.

6. You should also notice those food which tastes no salty but there is high sodium in it. For instance, cottage cheese.

7. If you have high blood pressure, dietary restricted sodium can help lower your blood pressure and enhance medicines’function.

8. It can be hard for people who like eating salty food to choose those low in salt or no salt ones. But you should try your best and if you can insist for one or two months, you will adapt to those low salt food. In addition, you will not like very salty food.

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