Questions for your health professional about salt
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Questions for your health professional about salt
If you need to limit the amount of salt in your diet, you should see a health professional to help you evaluate your current diet and target how much salt you should have in your diet. Here are some questions to consider asking:
- I have Ménière's disease. How can eating less salt help me?
- Isn't salt found in all foods?
- Do I need a minimum amount of salt?
- Can you tell me some foods to avoid because of high salt content?
- If I like these foods, what can I substitute?
- How can I count salt content in my foods?
- What's the difference between salt and sodium? Aren't they the same?
- How can food labels and ingredient lists help me cut back on salt?
- How can I cook using less salt?
- What if others in my family don't want to lower the salt in our diet?
Credits
| Author | Monica Rhodes |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Editor | Maria Essig |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD - Neurology |
| Last Updated | October 20, 2008 |
| Last updated: | October 20, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Monica Rhodes |
| Reviewed By: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD - Neurology |
| Editors: | Maria Essig, Pat Truman, MATC |
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