My wife died in 2016 and we ate out a lot especially after our 2 girls left home. I was a police detective for 35y and she was a social worker in a state government job. My wife had her same weight throughout our 34yrs of marriage she always had a beautiful body and she was 56 when she passed from breast cancer. She did smoke. We ate in restaurants all the time and I noticed my blood pressure started rising and the Doctor told me to cut back on restaurant food. After my wife died I lived in the restaurants and diners that’s how I ate. I recently gave my home to my younger daughter and her husband a beautiful house in the suburbs. I moved into a Hi rise luxury senior citizen apartment. One bedroom I’m in the penthouse they say top floor beautiful bacolony with a lookout to the river. It’s plush. But I started cooking my own meals and my pressure has gone down I was 120/80 on my last Dr visit, I lost 12pounds. Now I go to the gym 3 times a week. I’m 65 and I feel great. My only problem is I miss my dear wife of 34yrs.
Michael, Your remarks were so touching. I admire both your work and that of your wife's. I especially love the loving way you describe your wife. Yes, it's impossible to find low sodium foods in restaurants. I've looked! I'm so glad you have adjusted things in your life towards better health. Your place sounds beautiful. I'm sure your wife is looking down on you and smiling.
So two years late (as usual!), but here's some additional info... as to the oatmeal, please buy the original longer cook-time version. The mouth feel cannot be beat. Quick or instant is far too mushy. Spend the extra 4 minutes on the stove for something you can actually chew. Next, do not, and I repeat, do NOT go for the packages to get apples and cinnamon, or any other flavor. Do it yourself! Look, take an apple (I prefer a Fuji, Granny's are good if you like tart), peel it, and cube it to around 1/4" pieces. Measure amount of water needed for oatmeal and bring to light boil. Add apple ONLY, along with maybe a tsp of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, a smaller pinch of ginger and the smallest (just a hint) of fresh ground clove (last 3 spices optional, but they are handy to incite a riot in the house while it cooks! hehe). OH! And about a 1/2 tsp (pretty small amount) of pure vanilla extract. Cook apple for 12 mins on a SIMMER, lowest heat you can muster yet still get some bubbling. That's 12 mins! Add oatmeal. If you got the regular cook-time version oats, cook those for 6 more mins. First 4 mins on med heat, last 2 on that same very low simmer for the apple. Adjust cinnamon for your taste, I do it by eye using color (a certain color of brown) then taste. You will become expert at it quick. I add Mocha Mix which is a popular non-dairy coffee creamer, and straight 2% milk for a half&half type mixture. Then some yummy delicious brown sugar to taste. You will NEVER buy one of those packets again, and the only sodium you added is in the milk (the Mocha Mix has trace amounts). This truly jumps with flavor, has a really nice chew, and the apple is soft but just so slightly crisp. You'll never get close with a packet. Why is there 200+mg of sodium in packet oatmeal? PRESERVATIVES! Yes, the manufacturing industry besieges us with all of this unnecessary sodium because it makes their product live longer on the shelf!! That's all!! Take control of your raw ingredients and do not buy packet anything anymore! You can control your sodium intake while eating great flavors! Best of luck all you low sodium folks! You are my people too!
Very helpful, including actual numbers to look for (finally)(all others only talk "high" or "low" and advise reading labels but never mention numbers.) Thank you, Kelly
Had a heart attack about 6 weeks ago, subsequently, a quadruple bypass, and they've set me on a low sodium, less than 1500 mg a day, restriction. I have never liked oatmeal, I've had to eat it, but I don't think I will ever be able to care for the slick slimy feel of it, okra, or avacado/guacamole. Being located in the south, there are few options available when you have to go back to work, which is from 6am to 4:30 PM plus a 45 min drive time. Options are very limited, as stated, to McDonald's, a truck stop, and a mom and pop shop that Cooks homestyle cajun breakfasts (think breakfast gumbo). They offer low carb food, but not low sodium. I've been wondering why doctors haven't been trying to ween americans off of sodium as they have sugar and sweets. Thank you for this video and keep up the good work
At least you're trying. I'm going mad trying to reach my dad who just had a double bypass. He has no desire to eat low sodium, even though it put him in the ER 4 weeks prior. How old are you, do you mind me asking?
We can't even talk to my dad about his sodium any more. Every conversation goes south or he starts fibbing about what he's consuming. He's just had a double by-pass and spent ~8 weeks in hospital. . . now he's going ham on eating all the foods he wasn't able to get at the hospital.
I buy Ezekiel bread all the time and I have never found one without any sodium. Found in the frozen section I buy the sprouted grain bread in the orange package and it has 75 mg of sodium per slice. Can you tell me which one you buy that has 0 mg of sodium? Thanks!
@@Navygrl58 It's called EZEKIEL 4:9 Low Sodium Sprouted Whole Grain Bread but the Nutrition Fact label says 0% sodium. The packaging is a sort-of light blue color. There's another that's called Gluten Free Rice Almond. That one is actually only 10mg per slice AND the slices are a little thicker. I'm going to try both of them for my dad who's on a low-sodium diet. Good luck!
Marti, it IS very difficult, and so frustrating that even many foods marketed as healthy still contain insane amounts of sodium. Sharing information with others in similar situations is one of our best ways of coping. I hope you're doing well and can find many foods that you do truly enjoy.
Rollled oats with cinnamon and chopped apples are my fav. I mean I’m usually full til late evening. Guess I’ll start throwing a piece of toast with peanut butter in my breakfast
I love frosted mini wheats, thankyou! I am looking for 0 to low sodium foods i can eat. I have discovered that lime juice added to plain popcorn and other things gives a good flavor.
I just discovered you too and I subscribed. I have CHF also. Can't get my bp down even though I've been doing pretty good at managing my calories and sodium for the past 7 days. I spent about 20 minutes in the grocery aisle frustrated as heck looking at all the labels so that I could buy some pizza sauce. (Just once this month). The best I could come up with was 200 mg for 1/4 cup. I did not see your suggestion of Rinaldi. If I had I would have jumped for joy! Will definitely look for it next time. Looking for pizza bread was another adventure. You were talking about breakfast--- I found something I love, that I eat. I can't believe it's not butter spray with Kelloggs Cinnamon Brown Sugar Waffles. It has only 270 mgs of sodium. That keeps you under 500 mg for breakfast if you only have one. There would even be room for a tbsp of jam. My daily goal is 1200 mg per day & 1200 cals. Calories are a breeze. The sodium, I am so struggling. Glad I found your channel. Keep those videos coming please. You could be saving lives. God bless you...
I've made my own oatmeal packets in a zipper bag for work and travel: 1 heaping Tbsp quick oats, no sugar added dried cranberries, sliced almonds, flax & chia seeds. At home I put frozen blueberries in it, but dried blueberries without added sugar are ridiculously priced and not easy to find for me.
Can't even have thin bacon. I rather add some veggies to my eggs. And I use egg beaters brand. Oat milk creamer in moderation is great because I can't tolerate nut milks. I eat the mini wheat and raisin bran. :) Add berries or banana.
Bread has an incredible amount of salt in it, in the neighborhood of 140mg per slice. Peanut butter has salt added to it, and 1 Tbsp has about 75 mg. of it, and it takes more than 1 Tbsp. to cover the toast, so let's double that. Yogurt has around 90 (Yoplait). If you drink a coffee with milk/cream, you add about 40 more, for a total of about 420mg sodium/salt before you even hit the front door to go to work. Most of the sodium in food is added at the processing plant, it is not natural to the food. Milk has it's own sodium, but everything else is put in there. They say this is "low sodium" but it's only "low" as compared to the outrageous amount industry injects into our food. Natural whole food is very low in sodium with the exception of milk, eggs and celery. Buying food in it's natural state with no added salt is preferred. We do not require salt beyond what is in nature. If we combine "no salt" foods with "sodium containing" foods, and keep it all natural, that is best. There is also a difference between bio-available sodium in eggs and milk, and sodium that is non-bioavailable, such as found in your salt shaker.
I love how they don't tell you the brands of bacon at that low of sodium...I have only been ever able to find one and they no longer make it due to a bacon shortage nationwide
how do you calculate the mini wheat cereal if you do not use milk?mine has 10 sodium....thank you for all your videos..they all have been so helpful on low sodium eating..
Those "healthy" cereals are like a bowl of poison for me. They're so high in iron. My body had iron overload. I literally have iron deposits collecting in my organs because of the number of transfusions I've had to have over the years. I actually need iron removed from my body. Then I'm supposed to eat low sodium, low carb. etc. By the time I'm done satisfying every category, it just seems like there's nothing left. I guess I'll just eat some twigs and leaves.
HI KELLY, I HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE MY QUESTION FOR YOU WHAT ISA GOOD LOW SODIUM MILK , ALMOND,BUTTER MILK,LOW FAT IM NOT SURE WHAT DO YOU THINK ,THANKS LOVE THE VIDEOS AND GOD BLESS.
Hi Mark, I'm so sorry for my late reply. I do not know of any unless you purchase it from a dairy! The sodium is what makes the milk last longer than it would normally, about three days. Try to cut back sodium on other foods and have the milk. I teach people to pair low sodium with a higher sodium food. The good news is most breakfast cereals are quite low in sodium.
Reesels25 I’m not good with taking pills everyday so I stopped taking the medication but recently I’ve been doing cardio and hiit workouts and my blood pressure is now almost perfect after years of it being in the 150/100s and the only other diet change that I did was not eating any type of fast food. Idk if this would have the same effect on you but I think working out and having my heart rate increase for at least 20-30 minuets a day really helped with the only change in diet was no fast food.
thumbs down because you didn't distinguish the difference between type 2 diabetes and type 1. This is why everyone assumes that a type 1 diabetic can't eat carbs or sugar, because people don't distinguish the difference.
Great but what about the sugar content of your Frosted mini wheats? Yes perhaps low sodium, but they also contain obesity-causing levels of sugar!!!! When will manufacturers stop making us eat unhealthy levels of this stuff? You're a nurse, doesn't this cause you concern? These breakfasts you mention aren't even healthy, so as far as you're concerned, they could all contain rat poison, but at least they're low in sodium! Ludicrous!
Everything in this video is highly inflammatory and extremely unhealthy and should not be eaten by any human being, the only good part is bacon and eggs, and nobody should ever eat a low sodium diet ever you salt your food until your body says you don't need salt, as long as you eat the proper human keto/carnivore diet, if you eat the other junk and a standard American diet like most of us than yes control some sodium but the human body needs salt, and cholesterol is a natural needed physiological mechanism that's been around for millions of years for us, next you can't get high cholesterol from any meat, or from food dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol, the inflammation from eating the junkie cearal she calls healthy is what causes cholesterol to respond to the damage the body has from junk food the american diet has, please ignore all advice on here except for the bacon and eggs, eat as much bacon and eggs as you want until u are full with the normal carnivore foods you wont get fat or sick
My wife died in 2016 and we ate out a lot especially after our 2 girls left home. I was a police detective for 35y and she was a social worker in a state government job. My wife had her same weight throughout our 34yrs of marriage she always had a beautiful body and she was 56 when she passed from breast cancer. She did smoke. We ate in restaurants all the time and I noticed my blood pressure started rising and the Doctor told me to cut back on restaurant food. After my wife died I lived in the restaurants and diners that’s how I ate. I recently gave my home to my younger daughter and her husband a beautiful house in the suburbs. I moved into a Hi rise luxury senior citizen apartment. One bedroom I’m in the penthouse they say top floor beautiful bacolony with a lookout to the river. It’s plush. But I started cooking my own meals and my pressure has gone down I was 120/80 on my last Dr visit, I lost 12pounds. Now I go to the gym 3 times a week. I’m 65 and I feel great. My only problem is I miss my dear wife of 34yrs.
Michael,
Your remarks were so touching. I admire both your work and that of your wife's. I especially love the loving way you describe your wife. Yes, it's impossible to find low sodium foods in restaurants. I've looked! I'm so glad you have adjusted things in your life towards better health. Your place sounds beautiful. I'm sure your wife is looking down on you and smiling.
So two years late (as usual!), but here's some additional info... as to the oatmeal, please buy the original longer cook-time version. The mouth feel cannot be beat. Quick or instant is far too mushy. Spend the extra 4 minutes on the stove for something you can actually chew. Next, do not, and I repeat, do NOT go for the packages to get apples and cinnamon, or any other flavor. Do it yourself! Look, take an apple (I prefer a Fuji, Granny's are good if you like tart), peel it, and cube it to around 1/4" pieces. Measure amount of water needed for oatmeal and bring to light boil. Add apple ONLY, along with maybe a tsp of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, a smaller pinch of ginger and the smallest (just a hint) of fresh ground clove (last 3 spices optional, but they are handy to incite a riot in the house while it cooks! hehe). OH! And about a 1/2 tsp (pretty small amount) of pure vanilla extract. Cook apple for 12 mins on a SIMMER, lowest heat you can muster yet still get some bubbling. That's 12 mins! Add oatmeal. If you got the regular cook-time version oats, cook those for 6 more mins. First 4 mins on med heat, last 2 on that same very low simmer for the apple. Adjust cinnamon for your taste, I do it by eye using color (a certain color of brown) then taste. You will become expert at it quick. I add Mocha Mix which is a popular non-dairy coffee creamer, and straight 2% milk for a half&half type mixture. Then some yummy delicious brown sugar to taste. You will NEVER buy one of those packets again, and the only sodium you added is in the milk (the Mocha Mix has trace amounts). This truly jumps with flavor, has a really nice chew, and the apple is soft but just so slightly crisp. You'll never get close with a packet. Why is there 200+mg of sodium in packet oatmeal? PRESERVATIVES! Yes, the manufacturing industry besieges us with all of this unnecessary sodium because it makes their product live longer on the shelf!! That's all!! Take control of your raw ingredients and do not buy packet anything anymore! You can control your sodium intake while eating great flavors! Best of luck all you low sodium folks! You are my people too!
Very helpful, including actual numbers to look for (finally)(all others only talk "high" or "low" and advise reading labels but never mention numbers.) Thank you, Kelly
Had a heart attack about 6 weeks ago, subsequently, a quadruple bypass, and they've set me on a low sodium, less than 1500 mg a day, restriction. I have never liked oatmeal, I've had to eat it, but I don't think I will ever be able to care for the slick slimy feel of it, okra, or avacado/guacamole. Being located in the south, there are few options available when you have to go back to work, which is from 6am to 4:30 PM plus a 45 min drive time. Options are very limited, as stated, to McDonald's, a truck stop, and a mom and pop shop that Cooks homestyle cajun breakfasts (think breakfast gumbo). They offer low carb food, but not low sodium.
I've been wondering why doctors haven't been trying to ween americans off of sodium as they have sugar and sweets. Thank you for this video and keep up the good work
At least you're trying. I'm going mad trying to reach my dad who just had a double bypass. He has no desire to eat low sodium, even though it put him in the ER 4 weeks prior. How old are you, do you mind me asking?
@austntexan 57, now.
We can't even talk to my dad about his sodium any more. Every conversation goes south or he starts fibbing about what he's consuming. He's just had a double by-pass and spent ~8 weeks in hospital. . . now he's going ham on eating all the foods he wasn't able to get at the hospital.
Ezekiel bread , no sodium
My husband won't buy it because he says it's too expensive! Curses!
I buy Ezekiel bread all the time and I have never found one without any sodium. Found in the frozen section I buy the sprouted grain bread in the orange package and it has 75 mg of sodium per slice. Can you tell me which one you buy that has 0 mg of sodium? Thanks!
@@Navygrl58 It's called EZEKIEL 4:9 Low Sodium Sprouted Whole Grain Bread but the Nutrition Fact label says 0% sodium. The packaging is a sort-of light blue color. There's another that's called Gluten Free Rice Almond. That one is actually only 10mg per slice AND the slices are a little thicker. I'm going to try both of them for my dad who's on a low-sodium diet. Good luck!
I have Menieres the consensus is a low sodium diet can help reduce flair ups. This channel is a blessing 🙏🏽
U have it too. I now looking for low sodium eat
I'm low sodium, low carb, low sugar, low potassium, low phosporus diet. It sucks.
Sucks to be you.
Marti, it IS very difficult, and so frustrating that even many foods marketed as healthy still contain insane amounts of sodium. Sharing information with others in similar situations is one of our best ways of coping. I hope you're doing well and can find many foods that you do truly enjoy.
You're on a renal failure diet. Dialysis is next.
Yes! The most difficult by far
Rollled oats with cinnamon and chopped apples are my fav. I mean I’m usually full til late evening. Guess I’ll start throwing a piece of toast with peanut butter in my breakfast
I love frosted mini wheats, thankyou! I am looking for 0 to low sodium foods i can eat. I have discovered that lime juice added to plain popcorn and other things gives a good flavor.
I just discovered you too and I subscribed. I have CHF also. Can't get my bp down even though I've been doing pretty good at managing my calories and sodium for the past 7 days.
I spent about 20 minutes in the grocery aisle frustrated as heck looking at all the labels so that I could buy some pizza sauce. (Just once this month). The best I could come up with was 200 mg for 1/4 cup. I did not see your suggestion of Rinaldi. If I had I would have jumped for joy! Will definitely look for it next time. Looking for pizza bread was another adventure. You were talking about breakfast--- I found something I love, that I eat. I can't believe it's not butter spray with Kelloggs Cinnamon Brown Sugar Waffles. It has only 270 mgs of sodium. That keeps you under 500 mg for breakfast if you only have one. There would even be room for a tbsp of jam. My daily goal is 1200 mg per day & 1200 cals. Calories are a breeze. The sodium, I am so struggling. Glad I found your channel. Keep those videos coming please. You could be saving lives. God bless you...
Thanks so much for sharing this with us ❤
Thank you because I was stucked with what to eat for breakfast
Eggs are a power food. Low sodium. High protein. Great food!
I've made my own oatmeal packets in a zipper bag for work and travel: 1 heaping Tbsp quick oats, no sugar added dried cranberries, sliced almonds, flax & chia seeds. At home I put frozen blueberries in it, but dried blueberries without added sugar are ridiculously priced and not easy to find for me.
Thank you for sharing this video..I was told to start this kind of meal, yes sodium is number one, plus sweet too. Thank you 🙏
You can now find bacon at Wal-Mart for 150 mgs sodium for two pieces.
Wow...good to know! Thank you🙂
Mini Wheat's does have sodium, it's the one I buy, but it's only about 10%.
10% is barely any sodium. The plain is 5 which is just a,trace.
Thank you for sharing great info! Very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
I just discovered your channel and subscribed. Thank you for sharing so much useful information.
Thank you. I went through my fridge and cupboards and was shocked.
Can't even have thin bacon. I rather add some veggies to my eggs. And I use egg beaters brand. Oat milk creamer in moderation is great because I can't tolerate nut milks.
I eat the mini wheat and raisin bran. :) Add berries or banana.
Bananas are high in potassium x
What about almond flour pancakes?
Gonna have to edit point one on eggs. Affordable is a stretch these days. ;)
What's the least amount of sodium per day . I keep it around 700 mg
Bread has an incredible amount of salt in it, in the neighborhood of 140mg per slice. Peanut butter has salt added to it, and 1 Tbsp has about 75 mg. of it, and it takes more than 1 Tbsp. to cover the toast, so let's double that. Yogurt has around 90 (Yoplait). If you drink a coffee with milk/cream, you add about 40 more, for a total of about 420mg sodium/salt before you even hit the front door to go to work. Most of the sodium in food is added at the processing plant, it is not natural to the food. Milk has it's own sodium, but everything else is put in there. They say this is "low sodium" but it's only "low" as compared to the outrageous amount industry injects into our food. Natural whole food is very low in sodium with the exception of milk, eggs and celery. Buying food in it's natural state with no added salt is preferred. We do not require salt beyond what is in nature. If we combine "no salt" foods with "sodium containing" foods, and keep it all natural, that is best. There is also a difference between bio-available sodium in eggs and milk, and sodium that is non-bioavailable, such as found in your salt shaker.
My husband is going to be excited he can have mini wheats! Just diagnosed with CHF.
But the sugar in the cereals and yogurt is a no no for kidneys.
Thanks
Its True. Too much of something isnt good for you. Its so sad.
Would honey bunches oats be an ok cereal to eat ?
Thank you for the video
I love how they don't tell you the brands of bacon at that low of sodium...I have only been ever able to find one and they no longer make it due to a bacon shortage nationwide
The cereals have sugar j them and that is a no no for stoners or kidneys
but what about the " sugar " content in the cereal ?
Ida Guerra you need to keep your sugar up so that you stay diabetic and keep making money for the medical industry
@@気にしない-o8q Lol...😄
how do you calculate the mini wheat cereal if you do not use milk?mine has 10 sodium....thank you for all your videos..they all have been so helpful on low sodium eating..
Very helpful,thank you!!!!!!
Is the bacon a legit thing?
Those "healthy" cereals are like a bowl of poison for me. They're so high in iron. My body had iron overload. I literally have iron deposits collecting in my organs because of the number of transfusions I've had to have over the years. I actually need iron removed from my body. Then I'm supposed to eat low sodium, low carb. etc. By the time I'm done satisfying every category, it just seems like there's nothing left. I guess I'll just eat some twigs and leaves.
Keep it old school you’ll live longer !!
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Kelly OMG.thank you.Please,Please do some lunch,and supper
There is not much you can have for low sodium breakfast I love
Raisin Bran is packed full of sugar!
ahh...but these videos aren't about sugar. they are about sodium.
HI KELLY, I HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE MY QUESTION FOR YOU WHAT ISA GOOD LOW SODIUM MILK , ALMOND,BUTTER MILK,LOW FAT IM NOT SURE WHAT DO YOU THINK ,THANKS LOVE THE VIDEOS AND GOD BLESS.
Hi Mark, I'm so sorry for my late reply. I do not know of any unless you purchase it from a dairy! The sodium is what makes the milk last longer than it would normally, about three days. Try to cut back sodium on other foods and have the milk. I teach people to pair low sodium with a higher sodium food. The good news is most breakfast cereals are quite low in sodium.
What milk is best with cereal?
Almond
almond milk
Vanilla oat milk
Low fat,2%,fat free or 1%. Almond milk is not good as it contains sodium&sugar.
Tyty
I’m 20 and already put on blood pressure medications I’ve been eating too good lately 😂
I'm recently put on this diet and I don't know wat to eat
Reesels25 I’m not good with taking pills everyday so I stopped taking the medication but recently I’ve been doing cardio and hiit workouts and my blood pressure is now almost perfect after years of it being in the 150/100s and the only other diet change that I did was not eating any type of fast food. Idk if this would have the same effect on you but I think working out and having my heart rate increase for at least 20-30 minuets a day really helped with the only change in diet was no fast food.
Uncured bacon. You're welcome.
My body definitely needs eggs 🥚 but since I’ve been plant 🌱 based for years it makes me gag at the idea of eating them. 😭😭
thumbs down because you didn't distinguish the difference between type 2 diabetes and type 1. This is why everyone assumes that a type 1 diabetic can't eat carbs or sugar, because people don't distinguish the difference.
These videos aren't about diabetics though. Patients with both type 1 and 2 can eat sugar (carbs)
Quacker Oats, loads of glyphosate... it's not so perfect and wonderful
Great but what about the sugar content of your Frosted mini wheats? Yes perhaps low sodium, but they also contain obesity-causing levels of sugar!!!! When will manufacturers stop making us eat unhealthy levels of this stuff? You're a nurse, doesn't this cause you concern? These breakfasts you mention aren't even healthy, so as far as you're concerned, they could all contain rat poison, but at least they're low in sodium! Ludicrous!
Everything in this video is highly inflammatory and extremely unhealthy and should not be eaten by any human being, the only good part is bacon and eggs, and nobody should ever eat a low sodium diet ever you salt your food until your body says you don't need salt, as long as you eat the proper human keto/carnivore diet, if you eat the other junk and a standard American diet like most of us than yes control some sodium but the human body needs salt, and cholesterol is a natural needed physiological mechanism that's been around for millions of years for us, next you can't get high cholesterol from any meat, or from food dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol, the inflammation from eating the junkie cearal she calls healthy is what causes cholesterol to respond to the damage the body has from junk food the american diet has, please ignore all advice on here except for the bacon and eggs, eat as much bacon and eggs as you want until u are full with the normal carnivore foods you wont get fat or sick