On Sunday, August 10, 2014 8:04:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/10/2014 1:30 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
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> > On 8/10/2014 8:50 AM, cshenk wrote:
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> >> Hi, lookig for no salt or low salt items for a friend. He has heart
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> >> issues and needs to reduce sodium as much as possible and does not have
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> >> the ability to stand over a stove for more than 5 minutes.
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> >> How long it takes to cook without him tending it, not relevant.
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> >> Standing time is.
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> >> Carol
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> > I love salt. When my wife or I cook, however, we usually omit any salt
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> > from the recipe. Instead, we salt our food to taste when it is served.
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> > Many, many recipes call for salt that is not needed. Instead of looking
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> > for low-salt and no-salt recipes, merely adjust existing favorite
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> > recipes accordingly.
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> > By the way, the same can be said about sugar. My wife makes a delicious
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> > eggplant Parmigiana. Her recipe calls for sugar, but she could not
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> > understand why.
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> Any recipe can be made low/no salt. How much you reduce salt depends on
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> your reaction to it. Many dieticians are also ignorant of food facts
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> too so he should do some research of his own..
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> I'd start by buying some of the no salt seasoning blends or looking at
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> the ingredients in them as inspiration for mixing your own.
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> If the cook cannot stand for long periods, I'd look for recipes that are
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> oven cooked or pot roasted. A lot of prep can be done sitting at a table.
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> As an example of dietician ignorance, I sat in one a class my wife
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> attended for heart healthy cooking. The person giving the class was a
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> registered dietician.
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> Dietician: Avoid milkshakes, they are bad for you.
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> Me: Is milk OK?
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> Dietician: Yes, it has a lot of good properties
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> Me: Is ice cream OK?
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> Dietician: Yes, in moderation it is a good snack
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> She never did explain what happens when you put the two together in a
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> milkshake.

My experience is that dieticians are worse than worthless excuses for
human beings.

So much of the medical establishment is ****ed up. Doctors practice
defensive medicine, which is about letting big pharma decide best
treatment options. A great example is the failure of psychiatrists to
opt for Sinclair as the first choice for alcohol use disorder. No pharma
companies pushing generic naltrexone with speaking fees and free lunches
for the whole office.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Method

Then there's the fact that cardiologists continued to encourage using
trans-fat margarine over butter many years after the evidence clearly
pointed the other direction, and the fact that they still tell patients
who they assume to be stupid (often correctly) to eat a low fat diet,
without making a distinction between foods with varying proportions of
specific fatty acids.

--Bryan