Prepare Lower Salt Meals & Quick Facts on Salt

Tips on How to Prepare Lower Salt Meals

Add less salt at the table and in cooking. Reduce the amount a little
each day until none is used. Try spices and herbs instead
Cook with low-salt ingredients. Remove salt from recipes whenever
possible. Rice, pasta, and hot cereals can be cooked with little or no salt
Use fewer sauces, mixes, and "instant" products this includes flavored
rices, pasta, and cereal, which usually have salt added
Rinse salt from canned foods
Limit smoked, cured, or processed beef, pork, or poultry



Quick Facts on Salt
Most sodium is consumed in the form of sodium chloride which is table
salt. Other forms of sodium are also found in food, so watch out for
salt AND sodium.
Try to have less than 2,400 milligrams of sodium a day ? that's the
same as 6 grams of salt a day, or about 1 teaspoon
That includes ALL sodium and salt ? what's in the product, and added
in cooking and at the table
Processed foods account for most of the sodium and salt consumed
Check food labels ? sodium is in some foods you might not expect, such
as soy sauce and some antacids
Kosher salt and sea salt are just that ? salt. Don't forget to include
them in adding up your sodium intake for the day
Reducing salt in the diet can lower blood pressure