Low salt diet

[barbiedoll1973_tn]

My husband is also suppost to be on a low salt diet OMG everything has salt in it this is so hard does anyone have any suggestions for me on how to do this he is also on a diabetic diet he is not allowed to have over 85 carbs but he must have really close to 85 carbs perday to keep from loosing muscle mass this way because with this disease he will loose it anyway.

[phoenyxstarr]

My dad is allergic to sodium, so growing up we were all on low-sodium diets because that's the way my mom cooked. Whenever a recipe called for salt, she would just omit it; it usually tasted the same anyway. I'd also try switching to Mrs. Dash for seasoning. True it's a pre-mixed blend, but it's salt-free, at least the original version is. I'm not so sure about the other flavors though, we never get those. I know alot of canned soups & veggies come in low-sodium or no-sodium varieties. I accidentally grabbed a couple cans of no-sodium green beans the other day because I wasn't paying attention. I don't usually go for the no- or low-sodium varieties because neither of us needs to cut down on the sodium. Hubby likes Mrs. Dash, that's why we get that for seasoning, even though it is salt-free.

[barbiedoll1973_tn]

Originally Posted by phoenyxstarr

My dad is allergic to sodium, so growing up we were all on low-sodium diets because that's the way my mom cooked. Whenever a recipe called for salt, she would just omit it; it usually tasted the same anyway. I'd also try switching to Mrs. Dash for seasoning. True it's a pre-mixed blend, but it's salt-free, at least the original version is. I'm not so sure about the other flavors though, we never get those. I know alot of canned soups & veggies come in low-sodium or no-sodium varieties. I accidentally grabbed a couple cans of no-sodium green beans the other day because I wasn't paying attention. I don't usually go for the no- or low-sodium varieties because neither of us needs to cut down on the sodium. Hubby likes Mrs. Dash, that's why we get that for seasoning, even though it is salt-free.

I never salt anything but everything and I mean everything that you buy is loaded with salt even a egg has salt in it not alot but it does. What all did your mom cook while growing up? This might help me out. The ham that he ate today had over 700 mg in it and the cheese that he ate had 310 mg per slice he is only allowed to have 2000 mg per day and so far I have not be able to do this.

[expatgirl]

Man, keeping to a low-sodium diet is hard----I really do feel for you. My DH and I both have high blood pressure that is being treated and I'm doing all that I can to reduce it. I do fix a lot of bean and lentil dishes from scratch (not sure if this is recommended for diabetics but I think that it is) and don't add much salt--the rest is counterbalanced by Mrs. Dash-----their TableBlend is wonderful as well as their Original !! I also use Heloise's Hints non-salt seasoning recipe that you make up yourself and it's delicious. I think that you can google that by typing in Heloise's nonsalt seasoning recipe. I really don't salt my homecooked dishes at all----it's eating out that's so salt-ladened. YOu might as well give up fast-food because that's all it is. SALT!! Good luck as I know how difficult it is to put that shaker down.

[phoenyxstarr]

My mom mainly cooked pastas & hamburger... actually I remember eating alot of Hamburger Helper growing up. I know that it's high in sodium, but I guess Dad could tolerate more sodium than your hubby can because it never caused him to have a reaction. The really funny thing about Dad's reactions were the only way to get over them, other than time, was to drink pickle juice or straight vinegar.

As for everything having salt in it, I know how ridiculous it is anymore. But keep in mind that when you use eggs or whatever as an ingredient, you don't count the whole egg, unless he ate the whole egg. For example, if you make cookies or brownies (I know he's on a diabetic diet, but these were the first thing I thought of), you wouldn't count the whole 65mg of sodium as what he ate. You would take however many eggs you used, most recipes call for 3 so that's what I'll use here, then divide by how many cookies/brownies you make & that will give you your actual sodium per serving.

3 eggs x 65 mg sodium = 195 total sodium
make 12 brownies = 16.25 sodium per brownie
If hubby eats 2 brownies (I'm lucky if that's all mine eats) that's 32.5 mg sodium for dessert; I would round up to 33, just to be safe.

[barbiedoll1973_tn]

Thanks for all your help but scott can not have pasta that can trigger a attack and he has been having attack after attack he had one early this morning where his potassium dropped thought that we was going to have to to to the ER but we got it back up but after every attack he is weaker and weaker if he keeps this up he willnot be able to walk in a matter of weeks.
This is terribe we really need lot of prayers.