The Low Sodium Spot provides information, tips, and recipes for people who are interested in a low sodium diet. Nutritional information is provided for the ingredients we used in the recipes provided on this web site. The recipes include estimates of the sodium content of a single serving for each dish.
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Advantages of a Low Sodium Diet:
- “The American Heart Association recommends less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day to reduce your chances of developing heart disease.”
Source: American Heart Association, “Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia.” http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Encyclopedia/Heart-Encyclopedia_UCM_445084_Encyclopedia.jsp?levelSelected=12&title=low%20sodium%20diet
- “If you have high blood pressure or heart failure, you may have to limit how much salt you eat every day. Even people with normal blood pressure will have lower (and healthier) blood pressure if they lower how much salt they eat.”
Source: National Institute of Health, “Low salt diet: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia.” http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000109.htm
- “Evidence exists that restricting sodium to 1,000 mg a day may help those with Ménière’s disease.”
Source: WebMD, “Eating a low sodium diet for Ménière’s disease.” Source: http://www.webmd.com/brain/eating-a-low-sodium-diet-for-menieres-disease
Food Claims for Low Sodium:
- If food claims to be sodium free or no sodium, it means that one serving of the product contains less than 5 milligrams of sodium.
- If food claims to be very low sodium, it means that one serving of the product contains 35 milligrams or less of sodium.
- If food claims to be low sodium, it means that one serving of the product contains 140 milligrams or less of sodium.
Source: American Heart Association, “Reading Food Nutrition Labels.” http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HeartSmartShopping/Reading-Food-Nutrition-Labels_UCM_300132_Article.jsp
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