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How Much Salt Is Too Much?
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What’s The Solution?
We’ve established that you need sodium—but it’s all too easy to consume way too much. How do we get out of this mess? The answer is to get the majority of the salt you need through natural whole foods and to cut out unhealthy sources of salt altogether.
Let’s start with sodium-rich whole fruits and veggies. It’s a good idea to eat more cruciferous (leafy) greens, tomatoes, beets, carrots, celery, and melon. Coconut water is also a good choice. All of these options offer healthy amounts of sodium as well as plenty of other vitamins and electrolytes.
Next, and perhaps more importantly, you need to eliminate unhealthy things from your diet. Processed food is the biggest culprit, so no more beef jerky, potato chips, pretzels, tortilla chips, crackers, and things of that nature. Usually, you can find reduced or sodium-free varieties of these foods, so if you must buy them, opt for those instead. Be careful of fast food and takeout food; these items can be loaded with sodium even though you may not taste it. Deli and cured meats are also rich in sodium, so be mindful of those as well.
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It’s not as hard as you think to reduce your sodium intake to a healthy level. Be conscious of your eating habits and get plenty of cardiovascular exercise, and you can drastically reduce your chances of sodium-related complications.
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Vinnie S.
Feb 24, 2017 at 9:05 am
Please stop showing those hideous pictures of Hillary Clinton with false claims that take you to “other types of advertising “that have nothing to do with her prosecution! I’m just tired of seeing her face since we have seen so much of it without justice being served , it’s time to make her just go away.
Thank You for “Policing your advertising “
Laura Smyth
Apr 5, 2017 at 6:52 pm
Better than Trumps bloated, orange face.
Vinnie S.
Apr 7, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Calm Down Laura , You know that you don’t like the “Benghazi Liar ” either so don’t Troll our President who’s done more to advance America from the reverse spin it has been in for the last eight years in less than 100 days than hillary has done (other than lie and sell out America) in her “Lifetime” of what you would call politics but most Americans call CRIME