My Journey to Heart 2.0 It is weird to write out that title. It is a bit strange to see it in black and white. Once again I am in a position where I need a heart transplant in order to stay alive for the long haul. I am in another period of waiting. For […]
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The Ultimate Low Sodium Guide to Road Trips I love road trips and travel! I think it is because my Dad was a traveling salesman and those Summer Road Trips where we tagged along on some of his sales trips for his territory, were some of the best memories of time spent. As an adult
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Hacking Salt is on Yummly Great news! Hacking Salt is on Yummly. Yummly.com is a great online recipe community where you can receive recipe recommendations based on your personal food profile. What I like about this site is that we can customize the recipes we have recommended to us based on our dietary needs or
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I am an avid student of Food Science, especially the chemistry involved in the manufacturing and cooking of food. For one simple reason really, because food science matters for low sodium. Especially for a Heart Transplant recipient like myself. It’s funny really, I was not the best and brightest of students when it came
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What Can I Eat on a Low Sodium Diet You have been told to go on a low sodium diet. Great. What does that mean? Can I just throw away my salt shaker? Can I ever go to a restaurant again? Isn’t Sea Salt a low sodium salt? Bacon doesn’t count, right? It is confusing.
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How Do I Start A Low Sodium Diet If you are reading this, you more than likely have been told for health reasons you need to reduce the amount of sodium in your diet. Maybe you have been diagnosed with one of the many conditions where you would benefit from low sodium such as; high
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Hacking Salt on NBC KARE 11 to talk Low Sodium Diets I believe in paying it forward. I was blessed with a heart transplant, and one of the ways I can pay it back is to spread awareness for heart disease, organ donation, and low sodium. That is why I went as Hacking Salt on
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5 Tips From A Dietitian For A Lower Sodium Meal At Chinese Restaurants We are back with another edition of ask a Dietitian. We all do very well finding out information and doing research on our own, but it is nice to have those things we find confirmed and validated by a professional. That is
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I always get asked, “Hey, what low sodium cookbooks do you use?” When I first started on this journey back in 2009, I was desperate to find resources. One of the first that I came upon, was Jessica Goldman Foung and her blog, Sodium Girl. She was a total inspiration to me (it would be cool
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After all of the things I have learned on my 14 year journey of heart health, I feel that I should qualify to have some sort of medical degree, alas in the famous word’s of my wife, I am “not a doctor.” So I am working on building relationships with professionals to help add
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