Patient was educated on how to limit intake of sodium through the diet as follows: Season your foods with spices, herbs, lemon, ginger, garlic, and pepper instead of salt and eliminate the salt shaker from the dinner table. Try keeping yourself away from frozen meals and canned foods Eliminate salty foods and snacks from your diet. Pick the low salt versions or reduced salt versions, while picking the grocery. Always read the label before you [...]
Patient was educated on picking low sodium foods as follows: Selecting foods that are low in sodium and with reduced sodium. Look for the amount of sodium per each serving. Any food that contains less than 5 mg per serving is considered sodium free. Any food that contains 35 mg and less of sodium per serving is considered very low sodium food. Any food that contains about 140 mg of sodium per serving is considered [...]
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 [...]
Patient was educated on foods to avoid while watching the sodium intake: Avoid foods to which lot of sodium or salt have been added. Avoid foods such as, frozen dinners, instant noodles, and most canned products such as canned tomato soup, canned vegetable soup, and canned pasta sauces. Avoid snacks such as potato chips, salted crackers, salted almonds and cashews. Also, avoid cured meats and lunch meats to which high amount of salt is added. [...]
Patient was instructed upon measures to avoid excess of sodium intake as follows Salt is the major source of sodium in our diets. Clarify with your doctor regarding the amount of salt allowed for you every day. If you are prescribed a diet with no added salt, try not to have salt shaker on your dinner table. Use herbs and spices to help flavor foods. If you are prescribed a low sodium diet or 2 [...]