If you consume more sodium than you want to, consider choosing these lower sodium alternative foods. For labeled items, check the percentage of a normal daily sodium requirement of about 2,000-2,500 milligrams. Try to select foods that provide 5 percent or less of the daily requirement. Here are some suggestions:
Instead of smoked, curd and canned meat, fish, and poultry, choose unsalted fresh or frozen beef, lamb, pork, fish, and poultry. Bacon, sausage, and some barbecues are high in salt.
Instead of cheese and regular peanut better, choose low- sodium cheese an unsalted peanut butter.
Instead of salted soda crackers, choose unsalted tortillas.
Instead of canned and dehydrated soups, broths, and bouillon, choose low-sodium varieties.
Instead of canned vegetables, choose fresh or frozen vegetables.
Instead of salted snacks, choose unsalted tortilla chips, pretzels, potato chips, popcorn, and rice cakes.
Here’s a flavorful tip one of my patients shared with me: If food tastes bland, try chewing it more thoroughly. Chewing breaks down food, allowing more molecules to interact with the taste receptors in the mouth. The flavor is stronger in the first bite than the following ones.
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