Patient/caregiver was educated on guidelines for 2-gram sodium diet as follows:
- Limited sodium diet aims at making choices for low sodium alternatives on the foods we consume and preparation products we use for cooking. When buying food products, always read the nutrition labels to note for the sodium content in each serving of the food item. As a benchmark, foods that contain 35 mg or less of sodium content per serving of the food are considered very low in sodium and foods that contain 140 mg or less of sodium content per serving of the food are considered low in sodium.
- Confining to consumption of food products with sodium content 140 mg and less per serving of the food and limiting consumption of food products with sodium content more than 140 mg per serving of the food can help improve compliance with 2 grams sodium diet recommendation.
- Limited sodium intake diet also aims at reducing or completely avoiding adding any extra salt during cooking.
