This nutritional counter is an indispensable reference for anyone who is watching his or her salt intake. It is small enough to put in a pocket or purse to enable one to make wise food choices at the grocery store and while dining out. Intended for the estimated 60 million Americans with high blood pressure and severe kidney disease, this guide addresses which supermarket products and fast food items have the lowest sodium counts and simplifies supermarket choices by listing only low sodium products. Each food is analyzed by calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, and sodium. Also included are brief descriptions of each of these nutrients and their effect on blood pressure, explanations of food labeling guidelines, and clarification of nutritional content claims.

When someone is trying to curb his or her sodium intake, preparing food that is tasty and nutritious can be difficult. This book offers readers over 250 recipes the whole family can enjoy. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, this book focuses on everyday recipes families will love, put together with simple and flavourful salt substitutes. Over 250 appealing, easy-to-prepare recipes, including snacks, sauces, and condiments, categories often loaded with sodium. Covers the many herbs and spices that can be used as salt substitutes and provides advice on how to find the hidden sodium content in unlabelled foods and when eating out. More than 65 million Americans suffer from hypertension.

• Features 50 delicious new recipes • Includes new meal plan feature that targets readers' daily sodium intake thresholds

The revised fourth edition of this definitive reference source features a dictionary format, listing all kinds of foods and their sodium counts. Includes information on name-brand foods and restaurants.

The American Heart Association presents a must-have low-sodium cookbook with over 200 delicious dishes for people trying to decrease their salt intake—now completely updated and revised with 50 new recipes. “Those in the know have been counting on American Heart Association books for years; the wide variety of recipes gets the whole family on track for heart-smart eating.”—Good Housekeeping Dedicated to healthy eating, the American Heart Association has always provided readers with delicious ways to reduce their sodium intake—without sacrificing taste. Encompassing everything from appetizers and soups to entrées and desserts, The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook is a wonderful collection of more than two hundred scrumptious low-salt and low-saturated fat recipes. Start with Hot and Smoky Chipotle-Garlic Dip, move on to Grilled Pork Medallions with Apple Cider Sauce or maybe the Cajun Snapper, and finish with a decadent Denver Chocolate Pudding Cake. The American Heart Association Low-Sodium Cookbook provides nutrient analysis for each dish and tips on substituting ingredients, avoiding hidden sodium, and dining out while sticking to your low-sodium plan. You’ll learn how to accomplish your goals—and discover how stylish and flavorful eating heart-healthy can be!

Reducing the intake of sodium is an important public health goal for Americans. Since the 1970s, an array of public health interventions and national dietary guidelines has sought to reduce sodium intake. However, the U.S. population still consumes more sodium than is recommended, placing individuals at risk for diseases related to elevated blood pressure. Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States evaluates and makes recommendations about strategies that could be implemented to reduce dietary sodium intake to levels recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The book reviews past and ongoing efforts to reduce the sodium content of the food supply and to motivate consumers to change behavior. Based on past lessons learned, the book makes recommendations for future initiatives. It is an excellent resource for federal and state public health officials, the processed food and food service industries, health care professionals, consumer advocacy groups, and academic researchers.

Discusses how vitamins can help to optimize health, fight disease, slow aging, and assist in weight loss, considering more than one thousand diseases, disorders, and conditions that can be helped.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people. This new report, the sixth in a series of reports presenting dietary reference values for the intakes of nutrients by Americans and Canadians, establishes nutrient recommendations on water, potassium, and salt for health maintenance and the reduction of chronic disease risk. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate discusses in detail the role of water, potassium, salt, chloride, and sulfate in human physiology and health. The major findings in this book include the establishment of Adequate Intakes for total water (drinking water, beverages, and food), potassium, sodium, and chloride and the establishment of Tolerable Upper Intake levels for sodium and chloride. The book makes research recommendations for information needed to advance the understanding of human requirements for water and electrolytes, as well as adverse effects associated with the intake of excessive amounts of water, sodium, chloride, potassium, and sulfate. This book will be an invaluable reference for nutritionists, nutrition researchers, and food manufacturers.

As essential nutrients, sodium and potassium contribute to the fundamentals of physiology and pathology of human health and disease. In clinical settings, these are two important blood electrolytes, are frequently measured and influence care decisions. Yet, blood electrolyte concentrations are usually not influenced by dietary intake, as kidney and hormone systems carefully regulate blood values. Over the years, increasing evidence suggests that sodium and potassium intake patterns of children and adults influence long-term population health mostly through complex relationships among dietary intake, blood pressure and cardiovascular health. The public health importance of understanding these relationships, based upon the best available evidence and establishing recommendations to support the development of population clinical practice guidelines and medical care of patients is clear. This report reviews evidence on the relationship between sodium and potassium intakes and indicators of adequacy, toxicity, and chronic disease. It updates the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) using an expanded DRI model that includes consideration of chronic disease endpoints, and outlines research gaps to address the uncertainties identified in the process of deriving the reference values and evaluating public health implications.

Whether you are counting your calories, carbs, or fat grams, watching your cholesterol intake or boosting fiber, The Complete Book of Food Counts is the ultimate one-volume reference, providing the latest, most accurate information on the largest possible variety of foods. You can depend on the accuracy and inclusiveness of this bestselling resource to provide all the essential counts for generic and brand-name foods, fresh, frozen, and fast-food items--even gourmet and health foods. The Complete Book of Food Counts is completely revised and updated for the sixth edition, containing thousands of new listings--including a variety of ethnic foods. You'll find: • Calorie counts • Carbohydrate grams • Cholesterol milligrams • Sodium milligrams • Protein grams • Fat grams • Fiber grams PLUS • A conversion table for weight and capacity measures • Alphabetized listing for easy reference • And much, much more From A to Z, all the nutritional information you need is here--whether you are navigating the supermarket aisles or poring over recipes in your kitchen. It's the ultimate gift for yourself and your family--the gift of knowledge, of choice, of good health!