Tips for cutting back on sodium?

[Eddy Current]

High blood pressure (sort of) runs in my family and I'm trying to maintain a diet where I don't take in a bunch of excess sodium.

It seems like everywhere you turn, food is loaded with sodium and if you don't watch it at all, you may very well take in 300% the daily recommended sodium in a day.

One cool trick I found so far is that steel cut oats have no sodium whereas the quicker oatmeal has a decent amount. It takes about 1/2 hour to make, but I just make a gigantic batch for the whole week.

[abracada]

High blood pressure (sort of) runs in my family and I'm trying to maintain a diet where I don't take in a bunch of excess sodium.

It seems like everywhere you turn, food is loaded with sodium and if you don't watch it at all, you may very well take in 300% the daily recommended sodium in a day.

One cool trick I found so far is that steel cut oats have no sodium whereas the quicker oatmeal has a decent amount. It takes about 1/2 hour to make, but I just make a gigantic batch for the whole week.

Have home cooked food, all takeaways etc are loaded for of the salt to help preserve

[Eff Pandas]

I'm convinced everything tastes like cardboard w/o sodium cuz its EVERYWHERE & in EVERYTHING.

But I'm just posting to be subscribed so I can hear some tips.

[Eddy Current]

I'm convinced everything tastes like cardboard w/o sodium cuz its EVERYWHERE & in EVERYTHING.

But I'm just posting to be subscribed so I can hear some tips.

Ah welcome to the thread! I was able to give the "steel cut oats over instant oatmeal" tip so far. Hopefully more tips are coming soon!

[OctoberRed]

I'm convinced everything tastes like cardboard w/o sodium cuz its EVERYWHERE & in EVERYTHING.

But I'm just posting to be subscribed so I can hear some tips.

Other than morning tea, all I drink is water with lemon to flush things out all day long.

[Eddy Current]

I also started using no salt added tomato sauce and put garlic in it instead of using the already made spaghetti sauce since that stuff is loaded with sodium.

[Armchairhero]

There’s loads of natural remedies to lower blood pressure, something I’ve always done from my steroid induced bodybuilding days is to take 75mg of coated aspirin daily.

[TonyGe]

I also started using no salt added tomato sauce and put garlic in it instead of using the already made spaghetti sauce since that stuff is loaded with sodium.

when I make sauce I put in a very small amount of salt. If others want more salt they can use the shaker. Grating cheese is loaded with salt also so beware..

[McNulty]

High blood pressure (sort of) runs in my family and I'm trying to maintain a diet where I don't take in a bunch of excess sodium.

It seems like everywhere you turn, food is loaded with sodium and if you don't watch it at all, you may very well take in 300% the daily recommended sodium in a day.

One cool trick I found so far is that steel cut oats have no sodium whereas the quicker oatmeal has a decent amount. It takes about 1/2 hour to make, but I just make a gigantic batch for the whole week.

You need to take in around 2,000mg sodium per day. Just do the math.

I do half cup organic rolled oats (0 sodium) with cup of organic skim (135 sodium) in the morning. Takes ~2 minutes in the microwave. Then you got 1,865 sodium left.

[OctoberRed]

when I make sauce I put in a very small amount of salt. If others want more salt they can use the shaker. Grating cheese is loaded with salt also so beware..

That's my only vice. I love salt. Wish they made a salt sub like sweet and low.