Reduce salt intake in your diet

Orange Sunday — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:07:35 +0000

Experts recommend a diet containing no more than 2.4 grams of sodium per day, but it is estimated that the French consume, on average, 4 to 6 grams of sodium per day. How much is 2.4 grams of sodium? About 1 teaspoon of salt only. Yet, Americans and Europeans consume usually 1 to 3 teaspoons of salt per day (about 7.2 grams per day). How to reduce salt in your daily diet?

Rinse sodium
If you prepare a dish that contains beans, rinse under cold water before adding. The simple action of rinsing the beans can reduce 30-40% of the sodium content packaged. Rinse canned tuna may also help reduce the amount of sodium.

Use salt substitutes as last option
Do not add salt substitutes in the first place if you try to reduce salt intake. Although these products can reduce the amount of salt, they often contain high levels of potassium. And though our body needs the potassium to function normally, too much potassium can be very dangerous for people suffering from medical problems (including kidney problems).

Begin with a first step
Do not be overwhelmed (e) all sources of sodium in your diet. Do not feel you have to solve lots of problems everywhere and sodium suddenly.

Choose a simple way to start. Perhaps, start by selecting always the fat products without salt or salt if you have the opportunity. By making simple changes, you will realize very quickly to the point where you could eat too much salt. Keep making small changes, and before you even noticing you because you have a real change in your diet on salt intake.

Medicine “natural”: the basic principles of vegetarianism

Orange Sunday — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:43:50 +0000

To have no deficiency of essential amino acids, vegetarian diets combines various forms of cereals (rice, wheat, my s, rye, buckwheat), and legumes (peas and beans, lentils, soybeans) and oilseed . Meat and fish are removed from the diet, but some of their by-products are allowed, like milk and eggs.

Much attention is also reserved for vegetables and fruits.

But many rules are also involved in the selection of products, meal preparation and staging. Thus must we always focus on products most “natural”

brown sugar or honey instead of refined sugar;

wholemeal bread replaces white bread;

Similarly, whole grains are preferred to other grains, more refined;

salt “natural” marine replaces the salt;

Fruits and vegetables guaranteed “without chemical fertilizers” are sought in priority. This rule also follows directly the preference for fresh produce, and release of stored food in any manner whatsoever. In addition, stimulants such as coffee or tea, are denied to other teas and decoctions (herbal sage, blackberry, rosemary, etc..). Finally, alcohol is unique among vegetarians.

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Reduce salt intake in your diet

Medicine “natural”: the basic principles of vegetarianism