Re: OT maybe? Salt substitute

In article <Xns9B97609279406invalidcom@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
KenK <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've always read the nutrition labels for fat content but now I've
started looking at the sodium content and have been horrified! Looks
like there is hardly any canned or otherwise prepared food that does not
have high sodium. (Everyone but me probably already knew that.) Just a
couple of examples that surprised me - burrito-sized low-fat tortilla,
500 mg., one-half cup fat-free refried beans, 500 mg., ounce of cheddar,
170 mg. No more bean burritos. Even cheese has sodium. I had no idea.

Most food has *some*, Ken.
And processed foods often have a lot.
Gonna go fat free? ¡Cuidado! Fat-free food is often high in sugar for
better taste -- to substitute for the 'taste' that fat can provide in
some dishes.

Want to make something "taste sweeter" with less sugar? One trick is to
add a little bit of vanilla extract. Not necessarily a lot, mind.

Want some ketchup, Little Boy? 100 g Tomato ketchup 1,042 mg sodium

http://oto2.wustl.edu/men/sodium.htm
Do you have soft water in your house?

One cup raisin bran, 370 mg. Evidently I'm going to have to start using
more fresh or frozen

Bingo!

(or does it have sodium added too?

Not as a rule if it's a plain vegetable rather than a blend with a
packet of some kind of sauce mix.

(Where's our resident dietitian, Cindy Fuller?)


I'll have to
check.) produce rather than most canned stuff, and stop eating a lot of
stuff I don't wish to prepare myself - like tortillas, refried beans and
raisin bran. I've lately been drinking a glass of vegetable juice with
meals - no more - back to water.

You sure about that? See here: http://oto2.wustl.edu/men/water.htm

Trying to stay at 2500 mg. or less per
day is going to be very difficult. Trouble is, knowing me, a 74-year-old
bachelor, I'm very set in my habits and will probably soon go back to my
sinful ways. Though I have cut way back on fat for many years now, maybe
I'll surprise myself.

Ken

Don't try to climb the mountain in a week or in a month, Ken. You'll
fall. Think of it as a project to get yourself out of a rut instead of
a grim task you have to do.

Do you know the difference between a rut and grave? The depth of the
hole. '-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
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-- a woman my age shouldn't
have this much fun!
.

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