On 18 Jan 2009 16:29:39 GMT, KenK wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >,
>> Ken > wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone using a salt substitute because of high blood pressure have a
>>> favorite? Can you use it in a recipe you cook like you can regular
>>> salt?
>>>
>>> Ken
>>
>> The only thing I know, Ken, is that some dieticians would rather you
>> learn to do without salty taste rather than try to replace the flavor
>> with a salt substitute. Something about the chemicals they're made
>> of, I believe.
>
> That's what I'm starting to try to do now as well. This discussion has
> been enlightening.
>
> <sigh> I seem to have opened a can of worms for myself. I've been quite
> stupid about my food choices.
>
> I've always read the nutrition labels for fat content but now I've
> started looking at the sodium content and have been horrified! Looks
> like there is hardly any canned or otherwise prepared food that does not
> have high sodium. (Everyone but me probably already knew that.) Just a
> couple of examples that surprised me - burrito-sized low-fat tortilla,
> 500 mg., one-half cup fat-free refried beans, 500 mg., ounce of cheddar,
> 170 mg. No more bean burritos. Even cheese has sodium. I had no idea.
> One cup raisin bran, 370 mg. Evidently I'm going to have to start using
> more fresh or frozen (or does it have sodium added too? I'll have to
> check.) produce rather than most canned stuff, and stop eating a lot of
> stuff I don't wish to prepare myself - like tortillas, refried beans and
> raisin bran. I've lately been drinking a glass of vegetable juice with
> meals - no more - back to water. Trying to stay at 2500 mg. or less per
> day is going to be very difficult. Trouble is, knowing me, a 74-year-old
> bachelor, I'm very set in my habits and will probably soon go back to my
> sinful ways. Though I have cut way back on fat for many years now, maybe
> I'll surprise myself.
>
> Ken

christ, if you're seventy-four and still in good shape, i wouldn't be too
worried about your sodium levels now.

your pal,
blake