Everyone knows that cutting down on salt is advisable. Men’s Fitness has a good article on the subject with 5 helpful tips. Here’s two of them:
- Always ask for the sauce on the side: For example, 1 tablespoon of Teriyaki sauce contains 1/3 of the daily recommended amount (1 tsp of salt). One portion of Chinese takeout often has over five times this amount
- Stay away from frozen meals: One Lean Cuisine has about 500 mg of sodium (about 1/3 of the daily recommended amount)
Check out the rest of the article for more, along with previous posts on low sodium diets.
Although we also need some salt for our health, too much of it can lead to hypertension, heart disease and stroke. I’ve read that if we’ll lessen our salt intake, taking only half of our regular intake, premature deaths can be lessened in the US
There is no doubt that we require the iodine in salt. However, i realized that when added raw salt to my food my ankles would begin to swell and this was painful. I think that we should mainly learn to control salt intake to avoid hearth problems.