How Do You Limit Salt Intake?

[Buehler445]

It's a tough out.

I figured out though, that when I went to college, I started cooking a LOT different than my mom (the food I grew up with). I use quite a bit more heat, and a lot less salt and butter (or other sorts of fats).

But anyway, I certainly haven't had to like FMB or Laz, but I've tried to watch it.

In my experience, the easiest thing to do IMO is veggies. Don't buy a canned veggie ever again. Even when I do canned, I don't add butter or salt, but frozen veggies are so much better and taste better without butter for sure, and potentially salt. Certainly good enough to train yourself to eat them without. I about don't do canned anymore.

I try to reduce butter whenever possible. Butter (at least the kind that tastes good) has a lot of salt. So if it is at all possible to knock off the butter. Bread, if it needs butter, find a different bread. I use jelly instead of butter on bread. And I don't use much on potatoes.

The other thing I'd recommend is buy a pepper mill. Fresh ground pepper is a lot more flavorful than packaged pepper. If you think you need salt, throw some pepper at it Some stuff may not work, but give it a go. I put virtually no salt on potatoes. Just pepper those bitches up.

I haven't quit Lawry's on steak, hamburgers, but I've managed to offset some of that with pepper.

Originally Posted by teedubya

I use Himalayan salt or other sea salts... the regular iodized salt isn't good for you. Sea salts have minerals, at least...

Or, I could be full of shit.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-li...t/faq-20058512

I think the theory is that it has a stouter flavor so you are SUPPOSED to use less.