Healthy food doesn’t have to be boring…or bland, but too often what is perceived as a healthy meal in restaurants is, in fact, laden with salt. Lowering your sodium intake is easier done if you are preparing at least some of your meals at home because you are the one in control of how your […]
Low Sodium Tips
Deliciously Healthy 4th of July Menu #lowsodium
I’ll say it again and then we’ll get on with celebrating the 4th of July! A Low Sodium diet does not have to bland or boring. It means finding new ways to tantalize your tastebuds using herbs, citrus, no-salt spices, chiles, peppers, onions, garlic, and mushrooms. It means opening up a whole new world of […]
10 Heart Healthy, Low Sodium Recipes to Stay Healthy All Year
Instead of doing a “My Top Posts for 2013” like so many other bloggers, I decided to recap the year by making a collection on Foodie.com of a cross-section of recipes that represent how delicious and varied a heart healthy, low sodium diet can be because I literally have never done a year-end recap. Just […]
October Unprocessed 2013: The Salty Six
October is drawing to a close and that means two exciting things are happening this week: Halloween fervor will culminate in a gruesome sugar-overloaded zombie apocalypse on Thursday night AND, for folks who took Eating Rules’ October Unprocessed 2013 challenge, you can celebrate about honoring your mind and body for the temple it is, even if […]
The Salty Six – Do You Know What They Are?
It’s been well publicized for the past decade that we (Americans) eat way too much salt and that overdoing it can lead to high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and other heart-related diseases. The problem is that salt is hidden everywhere, even in foods that you might not suspect, like salad dressings and chicken breast. […]