I'm able to keep between 1500-1800mg/day for the most part, but it did mean cutting out a lot of foods I used to eat, and changing a lot of others. I didn't have to go full vegetarian, but...almost? I still eat chicken (grilled, breast, no skin) and fish (tuna, low sodium), and even the occasional burger. But I eat a lot of veg and fruit cuz they're mostly negligible in terms of sodium. I do eat some prepared foods, too, because at NYHA Stage IV, I don't have the energy to do much prep work.
Trader Joe's has some good frozen meals I like that are low enough sodium to work into my diet: the cauliflower bowl, paneer tikka masala, pad thai, etc. TJ's has prepared grilled chicken that's fairly low sodium, so I buy that to add to their frozen, microwavable rice packets, along with some roasted veg (the kind that comes in a bag of carrots, cauliflower, broccoli at the market? Just spray with olive oil, pop in oven for 45minutes) and toss with Yumm Sauce. Instant dinner.
I've even found that at Taco Bell, the shredded chicken burrito is fairly low sodium, so it hits the craving for fast food that hits occasionally. I hardly eat out at all anymore, but very occasionally, if I do, I try to ask for no added salt, and I go for baked or grilled, not fried, options. I don't eat bread (except for a 21 seed, thinly sliced organic sandwich bread for tuna; 65mg/slice) or cheese or sauces (aside from Yumm.)
Ice cream is low sodium. It's become my one real indulgence.
The diet is doable, it just takes a good deal of label reading, willingness to change, and seeing what substitutions are available. Feel free to ask me for clharifications.
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Rachel McGonagill
Oregon
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-27-2020 10:19
From: Ira Reid
Subject: Low Sodium Diet
I have a more basic question. Does a low sodium diet even exist in this country short of one becoming vegan, vegetarian or macrobiotic? If so, please educate me. Everything I eat in restaurants or obtain prepared at supermarkets (I don't have the luxury of eating home cooked meals often) seems as though it is loaded with sodium, even supposedly healthy foods.
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Ira Reid
Hoboken NJ
Original Message:
Sent: 02-27-2020 10:03
From: Robert Levin
Subject: Low Sodium Diet
It can be done. And that's speaking as a guy whose Three Basic Food Groups had been Pickles, Pretzels and Pastrami.
Bob Levin
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Anyone out there having trouble sticking to a "low sodium" diet?
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Bill Tully
tully & company
Irving TX
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