Salt-Free but Light-Headed

[thisnewday]

Due to my daughter's suggestion that a salt-free diet consisting mostly of romaine lettuce would likely result in death by malnutrition much sooner than the high blood pressure which led me to embark on it, I left the house early in hopes of finding a low-sodium cookbook at the local B&N.

(LOL, meant to make this private and finish the thought later but I think I was a bit light-headed due to low blood sugar...)

LPK
Dreamwidth
10.3.2018

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

You know, one of the largest sources of sodium in the American diet is actually commercial bread. If I'm remembering correctly, one slice of bread supplies 10% of your daily recommended intake of sodium.

Do you eat bread? If so, you might consider switching to low-salt bread. Or buying a bread machine and baking your own low-salt bread.

Dunno what your food preferences are, but I like Mediterranean diets in general. They do have some salt, but somehow, their overall effect on blood pressure is benign.

[thisnewday]

Yes! And thanks for pointing that out. My one precipitous plunge, off the no-salt wagon, happened when I made a late night PBJ for myself using no-salt-added peanut butter and a naturally low-sodium organic jam.

As I was chomping happily away, I picked up the bread bag and read the label. Astonishing! But, if you're gonna do this, you've gotta read the labels on EVERYTHING. Which I have been doing but, every once in a while, something gets by.

Thanks as well for the suggestion about Med diets because, having largely emptied my cupboards and fridge of "toxic" substances, I'm now scrambling to find new things to put into them and into my diet...