{"id":5113,"date":"2009-01-30T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2010-08-03T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T20:41:38","slug":"3-simple-ways-to-reduce-salt-in-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/3-simple-ways-to-reduce-salt-in-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Ways to Reduce Salt in Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The average person is supposed to consume no more than 2,400 milligrams of salt\/sodium per day (or 1 tsp.). For those with high blood pressure, it’s about 1,500 milligrams. Most of us are consuming two-to-three times this amount each day. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a packaged or processed food<\/a>, or a restaurant menu item that is low in salt. Food manufacturers are making an effort to include more reduced-sodium items, but even those still have astonishing quanities.<\/p>\n

Avoid the risk of stroke and heart disease by following these simple tips<\/a> for reducing salt in a low-sodium diet<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Eat Fresh Foods<\/strong>. Cook your own meals, use fresh produce, use fresh meats and seafood, and rinse canned foods before serving.<\/li>\n
  2. Read Labels<\/strong>. Carefully read labels and buy items that indicate no- or low-sodium. Beware of sodium agents like monosodium glutamate (MSG) and baking soda or powder.<\/li>\n
  3. Skip the Instructions<\/strong>. Replace salt in recipes with any other spice or herb.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The average person is supposed to consume no more than 2,400 milligrams of salt\/sodium per day (or 1 tsp.). For those with high blood pressure, it’s about 1,500 milligrams. Most of us are consuming two-to-three times this amount each day. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[804],"tags":[31,805,803],"class_list":["post-5113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart-disease","tag-health-news","tag-msg","tag-sodium"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27173,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions\/27173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}