I’m high risk for heart disease any suggestions for good food low in salt? Do you have to cut out fat and salt
Posted by admin on Sep 24, 2009
I just found out that I’m at high risk for a heart attack. No big surprise to me actually because I knew it was coming. But I was told to stay off the salt eat foods with no sodium. What about other factors like high in sugar or fat. What if it is low in salt but high in another area how do I know what is good? I heart garlic is good for your heart but doesn’t it have salt in it.
IMHO, it is more important to limit fats than salt. Here is a web page with some guidelines:
http://www.pcrm.org/resources/education/nutrition/nutrition1.html
There are also a lot of books, written by doctors, along the same lines, and most of them have recipes, too. I think almost all of them are low-salt as well as very low-fat. They are also all vegetarian, since it is very difficult to have a truly low-fat diet while eating animal foods. Look for books by Dean Ornish, Caldwell Esselstyn, John McDougall, Neal Barnard, and Joel Fuhrman. The China Study by T. Colin Campbell is fascinating reading, too (no recipes, though). It is definitely possible for food to be low in salt and fat. You just need to be creative about finding other ways to season it.
It is good that you have found this out before having a heart attack. I hope you are able to turn it around.
