Patient was educated on foods to avoid on a renal diet as follows:
- Significant portion of our daily sodium intake is hidden in the various foods we eat and preparation products, such as, sauces, ketchup, and curry powders we use for cooking. A minor portion of the sodium consumption comes from the extra salt we add to our food during cooking.
- Avoid adding salt on the dinner table. Discarding the saltshaker can help avoid adding any extra salt on the dinner table.
- Limit intake of foods that are rich in sodium, such as, chips, cheese popcorn, crackers, nuts, trail mixes, pretzels, and granola bars.
- Usually store-bought pickles and jalapeno peppers are very high in added extra sodium, to help increase the shelf-life and enhance the flavor. Read through the label carefully and pick the low sodium or salt free versions of pickles and peppers, to be compliant with the low salt intake recommendation.
- Salt can act as a preservative, increase the shelf life of food items significantly, and so, is liberally added to many frozen meals and canned foods. Avoid all canned vegetables, such as, canned beans, peas, legumes and frozen meals due to their high added salt content.
