Patient/caregiver was educated on foods to avoid/observe moderation with 2-gram sodium diet as follows:
- Many sauces and salad dressings contain a lot of flavor additives that are rich in sodium. Avoid or observe strict moderation with condiment products and flavor additives that are very high in salt content, such as, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and ketchup. You can make choices from sauces low on salt content, such as, tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, chili sauce, and lemon caper sauce. For dressing and flavoring, you can rely more on lemon juice, vinegar, vinaigrette, or pick the products with the label, no salt added or reduced sodium or low sodium.
- Bread and bakery products like pizza, sandwich buns, dinner rolls, biscuits, bagels, pancakes, waffles, pretzels, and tortillas are very rich in sodium content, due to the additives added in the baking process. Also, more salt is added to these products as topping. In addition to this, a lot of ingredients that go with pizzas & sandwiches, such as, cheese, sauces, pepperoni, and processed meat, are very rich in salt content and contribute further to increased salt intake. Avoid or observe strict moderation by choosing smaller portions of these bread and bakery items can help compliance with limited salt diet recommendation.
- Dairy products, such as, buttermilk, cottage cheese, and processed cheese are very high in salt content. Blue cheese, feta cheese, and halloumi cheese are varieties of cheese heavy in salt content. Avoid or observe strict moderation with consumption of these products, to be compliant with the recommendation for limited salt intake. Pick the products with the label, reduced or low sodium or no salt added, to be compliant with limited sodium intake recommendation.
