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2007/06/12, 08:40 AM
Low Salt Diet
Purpose: Sodium controlled diets are designed to avoid excessive sodium retention
Use: The low salt diet is used for persons with diseases that affect fluid balance or where a decrease in body fluid volume will relieve symptoms of the disease. Conditions where control may be indicated are severe heart failure, impaired liver function, high blood pressure, and acute and chronic kidney disease.
Here are the following guidelines to help reduce the amount of sodium in your diet :
Take the salt shaker off the table and omit salt from recipes and food preparation.
Cook without salt or with only small amounts of added salt.
Learn to enjoy the flavors of unsalted foods.
Try flavoring foods with herbs, spices, and lemon juice.
Read food labels carefully to determine the amounts of sodium. Learn to recognize ingredients that contain sodium. Salt, soy sauce, salt brine or any ingredient with sodium (such as monosodium glutamate) or baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as part of its name contains sodium.
Rinsing canned vegetables and fish will remove much of the salt.
Season or marinate meat, poultry, and fish ahead of time with onion, garlic and your favorite herbs before cooking to bring out the flavor.
Some terms describing sodium content: lite, light, lightly salted, low sodium, reduced sodium, sodium free, unsalted, no salt added, without salt added, very low sodium.
Use lower sodium products, when available, to replace those with higher sodium content.
Use simple techniques like saving chicken broth from a chicken you cook at home rather than buying a canned, powdered or bouillon cube broth.
When dining out words that signal high sodium include: smoked, barbecued, pickled, broth, soy sauce, teriyaki, creole sauce, marinated, cocktail sauce, tomato base, Parmesan, and mustard sauce.
FOODS RECOMMENDED
MILK & DAIRY 2-3 servings each day
All milk and milk products, except buttermilk
Cream cheese
Low sodium cheeses
Yogurt
FRUIT & VEGETABLES 5-9 servings each day
Fresh or frozen vegetables
No added salt or low salt canned vegetables
No added salt tomato products
Salt-free vegetable juices
All fruit and fruit juices
BREADS & GRAINS 6-11 servings each day
Bread and rolls
Dry and cooked cereals
Pancakes, waffles
Potatoes
Salt-free potato chips
Salt-free pretzels/snack chips
Rice, barley, noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and other pastas
Tortillas
Unsalted crackers
Unsalted popcorn
MEATS & MEAT SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily
All fresh and fresh frozen meats (poultry, fish, shellfish, beef, pork, lamb)
Canned unsalted tuna fish
Dried peas and beans
Eggs
Low sodium peanut butter
Unsalted nuts
Unsalted soybeans and other meat substitutes
Soups
Homemade soups, made with allowed ingredients
Unsalted broth or bouillon
Low sodium commercial soup
FATS & SNACKS (use sparingly)
Margarine, vegetable oils and lard
Unsalted gravies
Unsalted butter
Mayonnaise, sour cream
Salt-free salad dressings
Homemade salad dressings, made without added salt
Whipping cream
Sugar, honey, jelly, jam, syrup, candies
Popsicle?s, fruit ice, sherbet, fruit sorbet, marshmallows
Homemade cookies, pies, cakes made with allowed ingredients
MISC.
Allspice, Mustard (dry)
Almond Extract
Basil
Bay Leaves
Capello's Italian Style Seasoning
Caraway Seeds
Chives
Cider Vinegar
Cinnamon
Curry Powder
Diamond Crystal
Dill
Garlic Powder
Ginger
Herbal Seasonings:
Lawry's Seasoned Pepper
Lawry's Seasoning (no salt)
Lemon Juice
Mace
Mrs. Dash
Nutmeg
Onion Powder
Paprika
Parsley
Parsley Patch
Peppermint Extract
Pimento
Rosemary
Sage
Salt free seasoning blends
Savory
Sodium-free Baking Powder
Thyme
Turmeric
Vinegar
Wagner's all-purpose Seasonings
Labeled "no salt" Asian Products, Assorted
FOODS TO AVOID
MILK & DAIRY
Buttermilk
Cheese (Muenster, Colby, Cheddar, Blue, Gouda, American, Velveeta)
Cheese spreads
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Canned vegetables
Frozen vegetables with seasoning and sauces
Pickle relish, sweet or sour
Pickled Vegetables
Pickles and others prepared in brine
Sauerkraut
Vegetable or tomato juices, canned or bottled
Pickled Fruits
BREADS & GRAINS
Breads and rolls with salted tops
Instant hot cereals
Instant Food Products (e.g., cereals, pasta mixes, potatoes, rice, etc.) Such as boxed mixes like rice, scalloped potatoes, macaroni and cheese
Popcorn, Prepackaged Microwave
Salted popcorn
Saltines, potato chips, pretzels, snack chips, pork rinds
MEATS & MEAT SUBSTITUTES
Cured, salted, canned or smoked meats, poultry, or fish such as corned beef, ham, bacon, luncheon meats, beef jerky, bologna, pork rinds, hogmaws, ribs, chitterlings, frankfurter, sausage, chorizo, canned fish like tuna, sardines, mackerel, anchovies, caviar, salted cod, herring, sardines, lox, dry fish, and kippered salmon
Dried Fish, Assorted (e.g., dried shrimp)
Frozen pizza
Frozen prepared meat entree dinners such as pot pies, macaroni and cheese
Kosher meats
Pickled Meats
Regular peanut butter
Salted nuts
Soups
Broth and soups with added salt
Regular canned soups
Regular instant soups
Regular bouillon cubes
FATS & SNACKS
Butter
Commercial salad dressings
Cheese-based dressings
Bacon fat, fatback, salt pork
Salad dressing mixes
Olives, green and black
Prepared frozen cream pies and cheese cake
Instant pudding mixes
Commercially prepared baked goods (Cakes, cookies, pie)
Salted nuts
MISC.
Accent
Alka-Seltzer
All commercially prepared and convenience foods
such as TV dinners, box mixes, canned entrees, Hamburger Helper, meat pies, Chinese dinners, pizza, Shake'n Bake mixes
BBQ sauce
Celery salt
Chili sauce
Garlic salt
Horseradish
Kitchen Bouquet
Lemon pepper
Marinade sauce
Meat tenderizers
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Onion salt
Party spreads
Regular ketchup
Relish
Salad dressings
Salt
Seasoning salts
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Caseinate
Sodium Citrate
Sodium Nitrate
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Propionate
Sodium Saccharin
Soy sauce
Steak sauce
Tartar sauce
Teriyaki sauce
Worcestershire
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2007/06/13, 08:59 AM
This is from the same site as above - The Mayo Clinic site, they have everything for this type of diet there, grocery lists, menus, recipes
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dash-diet/HI00046
Sample menus for the DASH eating plan:
Interested in following the DASH eating plan but not sure how? Here are sample menus to get you started.
The eating plan known as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) features menus with plenty of vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy products, as well as whole grains, fish, poultry and nuts. It offers limited portions of red meats, sweets and sugary beverages.
The standard DASH diet has a proven record of reducing blood pressure. A November 2005 study showed that replacing some carbohydrates with more low-fat protein and unsaturated fats reduced blood pressure even more. To add a boost to your DASH diet, you might trade some whole grains for low-fat sources of protein, such as poultry or fish. Adding avocado to your salad and cooking with unsaturated fats found in olive oils also may help.
This healthy mix can help control your blood pressure and protect your heart. Maybe you want to eat healthier, too, but aren't quite sure how to incorporate DASH into your own daily menus.
To help you get started, here are three days' worth of menus that conform to the DASH plan. Use them as a basis for your own healthy meal planning.
Remember that on some days, you may eat more of or fewer than the recommended servings for a particular food group, or you may exceed your sodium goal. That's OK, as long as the average of several days or a week is close to the recommendations. Also note that the values for nutritional information may vary according to specific brands of ingredients you use or changes you make in meal preparation.
Note: In April 2006, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute changed the serving size recommendations for meats, poultry and fish. While the total daily amount of meats, poultry and fish remains the same ? a total of 6 ounces (oz.) a day ? the DASH diet guidelines now break down the total servings as six 1-oz. servings rather than three 2-oz. servings. This simply allows for more flexibility in meal and snack planning.
Day 1 menu
Breakfast
1 whole-wheat bagel
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 medium orange
1 cup fat-free milk
Decaffeinated coffee
Lunch
Spinach salad made with 4 cups of fresh spinach leaves, 1 sliced pear, 1/2 cup mandarin orange sections, 1/3 cup unsalted peanuts and 2 tablespoons reduced-fat red wine vinaigrette
12 reduced-sodium wheat crackers
1 cup fat-free milk
Dinner
Herb crusted baked cod
1 cup bulgur
1/2 cup fresh green beans, steamed
1 sourdough roll
1 teaspoon trans-free margarine
1 cup fresh berries with chopped mint
Herbal iced tea
Snack (anytime)
1 cup light yogurt
4 vanilla wafers
Day 1 nutrient analysis
Calories 1,834 Cholesterol 61 mg
Protein 94 g Sodium 1,730 mg
Carbohydrate 269 g Fiber 54 g
Total fat 54 g Potassium 3,249 mg
Saturated fat 9 g Calcium 1,132 mg
Monounsaturated fat 22 g
DASH eating plan servings
Grains and grain products 9
Vegetables 5
Fruits 5
Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 3
Meats, poultry and fish 3 (3 oz. of fish)
Nuts, seeds and dry beans 2
Fats and oils 2
Sweets 0
MORE ON THIS TOPIC
Recipe: Herb-crusted baked cod
Day 2 menu
Breakfast
1 cup fresh mixed fruits (melons, banana, apple, berries) topped with 1 cup light vanilla-flavored yogurt and 1/3 cup toasted almonds
1 bran muffin
1 cup fat-free milk
Herbal tea
Lunch
Curried chicken wrap made with 1 medium flour tortilla filled with a mixture of 1/3 cup cooked, chopped chicken, 1/2 cup chopped apple, 2 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise and 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 cup (about 8) raw baby carrots
1 reduced-sodium rye cracker (triple cracker)
1 nectarine
1 cup fat-free milk
Dinner
Baked macaroni
3 cups mixed salad greens
1 tablespoon low-fat Caesar dressing
1 whole-wheat roll
1 teaspoon trans-free margarine
Sparkling water
Frozen fruit bar
Snack (anytime)
Trail mix made with 2 tablespoons raisins, 1 ounce unsalted mini twist pretzels (about 22) and 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
Day 2 nutrient analysis
Calories 1,925 Cholesterol 76 mg
Protein 84 g Sodium 2,077 mg
Carbohydrate 289 g Fiber 42 g
Total fat 59 g Potassium 3,384 mg
Saturated fat 10 g Calcium 1,035 mg
Monounsaturated fat 24 g
DASH eating plan servings
Grains and grain products 7
Vegetables 6
Fruits 4
Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 3
Meats, poultry and fish 3.5 (1.5 oz. of chicken plus 2 oz. of meat in baked casserole)
Nuts, seeds and dry beans 2
Fats and oils 3
Sweets 1
MORE ON THIS TOPIC
Recipe: Baked macaroni
Day 3 menu
Breakfast
1 cup old-fashioned cooked oatmeal topped with 1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 slices whole-wheat toast
2 teaspoons trans-free margarine
1 banana
1 cup fat-free milk
Note: To further reduce sodium, don't add salt when cooking the oatmeal.
Lunch
Tuna salad made with 1/2 cup drained, unsalted water-packed tuna, 2 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise, 15 grapes and 1/4 cup diced celery served on 1 1/2 cups romaine lettuce
12 low-sodium wheat crackers
1 cup fat-free milk
Dinner
Beef and vegetable kebabs (made with 3 oz. of beef)
2 pineapple rings
Cran-raspberry spritzer (4 oz. cran-raspberry juice and 4 to 8 oz. sparkling water)
Snack (anytime)
1 cup light yogurt
1 peach
Day 3 nutrient analysis
Calories 1,687 Cholesterol 88 mg
Protein 90 g Sodium 1,709 mg
Carbohydrate 282 g Fiber 27 g
Total fat 26 g Potassium 3,196 mg
Saturated fat 6 g Calcium 819 mg
Monounsaturated fat 9 g
DASH eating plan servings
Grains and grain products 8
Vegetables 5
Fruits 5
Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 3
Meats, poultry and fish 5.5 (2.5 oz. tuna plus 3 oz. beef)
Nuts, seeds and dry beans 0
Fats and oils 3
Sweets 1
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