OT: NaCl
One change that helped: I’ve eliminated bread and bagels in favor of matzo, which has no salt.
Oy!!, To give up one of the foundations of jewish sould food and take on the "bread of oppression" is indeed to sacrifice. I say, there's a reason that jews should only have to eat matzo one week per year (really one night per year).
I have found all kinds of ways to lower the Na intake in the context of providing meals for a family of three children without having to cook completely separate meals, including thoroughly washing/soaking all canned vegetables when used in recipes, washing/soaking canned tuna and salmon, browning ground beef and then just adding salsa instead of "taco mix" and choosing every low sodium alternative available (like low sodium Ritz crackers).
I catgorize myself as "Live to eat" rather than "Eat to live", so I won't compromise on having good food to eat. It's definately work, but the reward is worth it.
aj
PS: Stockdak, thanks for the link on "Salt Wars" I have been cultivating a theory of how salt sensitivity might be related to increases in C-reactive proteins, this article appears to provide some modest support. The parsimonious explanation I have used with my patients is that Na is hydrophilic and particularly so for salt sensitive patients. The extra water is a convenient cause for elevated blood pressure.
AI
