Low Salt / No Salt

Never have liked a lot of salt. Most foods have too much already.

I use pepper for seasoning...fresh ground pepper corns, hot pepper sauces, roasted peppers etc.

Quit smoking 3 yrs ago and gained some weight,,,then some more and the again more.
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Started a LOW Carb diet beginning of April......shed 40# to date.
Dang......start looking at labels and EVERYTHING has carbs and sodium

Never paid much attention before..now WE look and don't buy.
Doing a lot more 'home cooking' where we control seasoning (very little salt) and carbs by what we use/limit

Dang...getting healthier/staying healthy is a FULL TIME adventure :B

> Dang......start looking at labels and EVERYTHING has carbs and sodium

No kidding! Some sodium is tolerable (in fact, your body needs a little, just way less than most people take in) but the amounts in some items are incredible! And often the low-sodium version tastes like cardboard.

Someone makes a low-sodium catsup that is actually pretty good (but probably has too much sugar for a low-carb diet). Like you, I find making my own is usually easier as well as healthier.

mama.sylvia wrote:
> Dang......start looking at labels and EVERYTHING has carbs and sodium

No kidding! Some sodium is tolerable (in fact, your body needs a little, just way less than most people take in) but the amounts in some items are incredible! And often the low-sodium version tastes like cardboard.

Someone makes a low-sodium catsup that is actually pretty good (but probably has too much sugar for a low-carb diet). Like you, I find making my own is usually easier as well as healthier.

Yeah, it's tough. You don't realize how hard it is to shop until you have to watch two or more levels. And if you don't cook, you're really limited in what will work. And even things like flavored water drops will surprise you - one flavor will have nothing, another will have sodium or caffeine. You have to check each flavor and each brand each time you shop (because of course, they change the formula without telling you).

Well in and out of that hospital. agin this time kidneys got infected as well. picked up the infection in the hospital wouldn't respond to antibiotics was in isolation for over 24 hours, what a mess. I am going to beat this congestive heart problem and the COPD. Nurse is coming by 1or 2 times a week to help the DW and I beat this. Thanks to all for the advice on spices, started using some food is tasting better.

Dang, Don, that was a lousy way to spend eclipse day.

I found an interesting product at the store the other day. Swanson now makes a totally unsalted chicken broth. Twice the price of regular broth, of course, but I bought some to try. (Making my own isn't difficult but it's such a bother, and then straining all the stuff out to leave just the broth is another bother.)

We found a web site called healthy hart all kinds of stuff that is low or no salt.We are looking at buying a portable oxygen. machine Direct home medical is having a really good sale right now. We will have to cancel a few trips but worth the money, in the long run...

Most foods that you make yourself can be very low sodium. You just need to understand the purpose of salt in a recipe to know how much you can reduce it. In most recipes, it's to add flavor, so of course can be deleted and maybe add more non-sodium spices or herbs. Occasionally, it serves other purposes, such as being a stabilizer in bread recipes. But even there, I reduced the usual 1 tsp salt in a 3-cups-of-flour recipe down to 1/2 tsp and no one even noticed. If I was still making bread, I'd try cutting it down even further.