DIET THERAPY: SELECTING FOOD FOR SODIUM-RESTRICTED DIETS

DIET THERAPY: SELECTING FOOD FOR SODIUM-RESTRICTED DIETS
The Exchange Lists for Meal Planning may be modified for sodium-restricted diets. All foods for these diets must be processed and prepared without salt or other sodium compounds. Canned foods, for example must be eliminated if they contain salt, but dietetic low-sodium canned foods may be used. When using the Exchange Lists the following foods within each list must be avoided:
List 1. Milk and related products: avoid buttermilk, soda fountain beverages, ice cream ice milk, sherbet
List 2. Vegetables: avoid beet greens, beets, carrots, celery, chard, collards, dandelion greens, kale, mustard greens, sauerkraut, spinach, white turnips; any canned vegetables unless canned without salt
List 3. Fruits: avoid dried fruit if treated with sodium sulfite; maraschino cherries; glazed fruit
List 4. Breads and cereals: avoid any products containing salt, baking powder, or baking soda; regular yeast breads, muffins, rolls; all dry breakfast cereals except puffed wheat, puffed rice, and shredded wheat; quick breads, muffins, pancakes, waffles; quick bread, biscuit, muffin, pancake, waffle mixes; saltines, graham crackers; self-rising flour; pretzels; popcorn; potato chips; canned baked beans, corn, or Lima beans; frozen Lima beans or peas
List 5. Meat: avoid fresh or canned shellfish, including clams, crabs, lobsters, oysters, scallops, shrimp; all kinds of cheese; canned, dried, or smoked meat, such as bologna, chipped or corned beef, frankfurters, ham, kosher meat, luncheon meat, sausage, smoked tongue; frozen fish fillets; canned, salted, or smoked fish, including anchovies, caviar, salted and dried cod, herring, sardines; canned salmon, tuna; and peanut butter, except low-sodium
List 6. Fats: avoid salted butter or margarine; bacon and bacon fat; salt pork; olives; commercial French dressing, mayonnaise, or salad dressing; salted nuts
Miscellaneous foods: avoid bouillon cubes, commercial candies, catsup, celery salt, chili sauce, garlic salt, sweetened gelatin mixes, meat and steak sauces, prepared horseradish, prepared mustard, monosodium glutamate, onion salt, pickles, pudding mixes, relishes, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, barbecue sauce.
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