Vegetable
- Raw celeriac, wax ground, arthichokes, beets and beet greens, carrots, seaweed, turnips, celery, chard sweet potatoes, spinach and collards. These 75 milligrams of sodium or more per serving.
- Radish contains 39 mg of salt per 100 gram.
- Chickpeas and beans also contain salts.
- Barely and wheat
- Milk. Cow's milk contain more sodium more than goat's milk.
Fruits
- Cantalopes have 9 mg per 100 gm
- Dried black currants - 20 mg
- Dried figs - 1 mg
- Guavas - 7 mg salt per 100 grams
- Lemons - 2 mg
- Passion fruits - 28 mg
- Prunes - 2 mg
- Raisins - 11 mg
On The Shelf
- processed foods that are very high in salt
- Frozen meals
- Canned food
- Pickles
- Snack foods
- Cheese
- Breads
- Sodas (including diet soda) Papads
Just A Pinch of Salt
- A normal person has to take 2,300 mg per day of salt.
- Sodium intake for a hypertensive patient is restricted 1,200-1,500 mg per day.
- Diabetes patients have to take less than 2,000 mg per day.
- Kidney patients (depending on the stage of disease) can take less than 1,000 mg to maximum of 1,200 mg per day.
- Neuro patients who have suffered from head injury, brain surgery or undergoing neuro treatments have to take about 1500 mg per day.
- Meniere's disease patients should reduce sodium intake to 1,500-2,000 mg
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