If you been in a grocery store lately you've probably noticed more and more low sodium foods on shelves from cheese to crackers. Consuming salty foods can increase your risk for serious health conditions like high blood pressure heart diseases and stroke. The obvious fix is to cut some of the salt from your diet but sodium is sneaky it can lurk in many seemingly healthy foods here are some of the worst offenders.
1 Beware of certain breads you probably don't think of breads as salty foods but some types can contains fairly high amounts of sodium. A six and a half inch pita for example contains more than 300 milligrams of salt. Another good choice is whole grain bread which has about 127 ml per slice.
2 Frozen meals packed low calorie frozen meals may seem like the easy way to control portions and watch your weight but most of them contains way too much salt.
3 Salad dressings;you may feels virtues opting for a salads over a hamburger but pay attention to the condiments that you add to your greens. One table spoon of commercially prepared french dressing for example has 214 mg of sodium. Its too much high. The next time you reach for a salad try using oil and vinegar which wont add to your salt intake.
4 Cereals '' you probably don't think of breakfast cereal as a salty food but many of the healthy cereals on the market like corn flakes and toasted oats cereals have almost 300 mg of sodium per cup. Watch your portion size of a cup a one cup serving of frosted miniature wheat cereal for example has only 3mg of salt.
5 A canned beans''some peoples wants to take proteins from beans but canned have too much sodium and salty. If you are vegetarians try to cooking dried beans one cup of boiled beans has only 2mg of sodium.
6 Spaghetti sauce' one cup of spaghetti sauce has 1000 mg sodium. Better you can make your own sauce at home with fresh tomatoes onions bell peppers cut and boil these vegetables has very low amounts of sodium and good sauce.
7 Diet colas while diet colas don't have the sugar and calories of regular colas they actually have more sodium 28 mg for 12 ounces can compared regular has 15 mg. The next time you feels thirsty skip soda in favor of decaf herbal tea or fruits juices both of which are very low in sodium. The average cup of tab water comes in at least 5 mg of sodium.
