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Please suggest some important questions i can ask my doctor about going on a low salt diet.
20 doctors weighed in across 12 answers
Benefits: Benefits and risks of low salt diet? How many milligrams of salt daily do I need to take? How to?
Answered 5/1/2018
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Ask: Ask about "hidden" sources of sodium in your diet, like canned food, ketchup, etc.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Read: Read the labels. Many prepared foods we buy are high in sodium.
Answered 11/8/2017
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How: How much salt do I need per day? Ask if you can bring in salt shaker with you, to see total allowed.
Answered 9/29/2016
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1.: 1. What benefits can i look for? 2. What harm might this plan do? 3. Are there handouts & recipes?
Answered 9/29/2016
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Check: Check the dash diet. Great resource for low sodium. 2 grams a day sodium is a good target.
Answered 9/29/2016
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How: How low should I go? What foods should I avoid? Are there salt substitutes i can use?
Answered 4/17/2014
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Is: Is it important for me to cut down rapidly, or can i gradually reduce my salt?
Answered 10/18/2013
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Besides: Besides table salt what else is rich source of sodium and how to limit intake.
Answered 11/3/2014
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Ask: Ask nutritionists as doctors may not be inclined to embellish the answers.
Answered 9/4/2013
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What: What should my total salt intake be? Can you recommend a nutritionist?
Answered 9/19/2013
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Ignore: How much salt can I have and how do you find out how much salt is in foods?
Answered 12/13/2013
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