Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on a low salt diet.

Cut: Cut down on cheese; it has a lot of salt!

Monitor: Monitor your blood pressure regularly; take your meds religiously; cut back on the salt fervently.

As: As fresh as can be; nothing fried and hold the sauce; eat home more often.

Avoid: Avoid sodium for heart and kidney health by eliminating packaged foods: cans, jars, boxes, bottles.

Excess: Excess salt intake; unhealthy human lifestyle; limit to protect!

Tart,: Tart, tangy or spicy; new tasty foods are waiting; just to please you.

Lemon: Lemon and lime juice can be used as a substitute for seasoning in place of salt.

Herbs,: Herbs, spices, garlic, vegetable salt, oregano, and vegetable salt can all be used to replace salt.

Ask: Ask for the salt to be left off chips or fries and other fast foods.

Avoid: Avoid the foods you know are salty like chips, pretzels, pickles, crackers, fries, etc.

Restrict: Restrict total daily salt intake to less than 2 grams per day.

Never: Never eat canned foods. Salt only you've cooked what you be eating. These two tips greatly cut salt!

Salt: Salt intake should be limited to no more than 2 grams/day, especially in patients with hypertension.

Lower: Lower salt intake has numerous health benefits; palate will adjust.

Don't: Don't have too much salt. Salt hides in much prepared foods. Lots in can of soup.

Lemon: Lemon spray, chili flakes, sips of home-made soup. Yum. - living large, with less.

Parsley,: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, will not crank up your bp.

Average: Average american eats 5 tablespoon of salt daily but needs only 1/4th tablespoon daily.

Substitute: Substitute low sodium spices like oregano, rosemary, savory, thyme in place of table salt.

Excess: Excess salt brings harm. Heart and kidneys may suffer. Just one shake for taste.

Reading: Reading the food label on how much sodium each serving has and knowing how much you ate is key.

Read: Read labels and minimize processed food or canned food as most contain high sodium.

Ignore: Mrs dash of any type really brings out flavors and adds spice to life!

Ignore: Monitor your salt. Avoid processed and canned foods. No fast food for you.

Ignore: You can add flavor to food, not salt, by using spices such as pepper and onion and garlic powders.

Ignore: First? No table salt. Home cooked meals, not packaged ones. Spices are your friends.

Ignore: Remember that sweet packed food has high sodium content as a preservative. Salt is on sweet too.

Ignore: Use garlic and onion powder in place of salt. cook in olive oil and add ingredients for salty taste.