Patient was educated on high sodium foods as follows:
- Any canned, fried, and frozen foods usually have high sodium concentration, as sodium is needed for preservation.
- Examples of high sodium foods include
- Canned Soups and Vegetables, canned entrees, such as ravioli, spam and chili.
- Frozen Meals, Frozen breaded meats and dinners, such as burritos and pizza.
- Vegetable juices.
- Prepackaged foods and salty snacks such as, salted nuts, potato chips, and popcorn.
- Smoked, cured, salted or canned meat and sea food, such as, bacon, cold cuts, ham, sausage, sardines, caviar and anchovies.
- Sliced deli meats and hot dogs.
- Regular and processed cheese, cheese spreads and sauces.
- Cottage cheese.
- Regular canned soup and broth.
- Easy to make noodles.
- Soy sauce and bottled salad dressings.
- Flavor Packets and condiments.
