Your mom's got the glass-is-almost-empty menu. My sister had a kidney infection when we were kids, and my mother flipped out trying to figure out what to feed her until the doctor told her to just cut out snacks and condiments and processed foods. You can't completely avoid sodium, but your heart can't beat without iit, either. Everybody needs some!
Doesn't your mom like veggies? Avocados! Garlic! Onions! Tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans (toast a few almonds in a T of butter, drizzle on the beans, yum!) zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, peas, beets, parsnips, corn, yams, potatoes, peppers, turnips, spinach - pretty much any veg frozen without added salt - all sorts of salad with a little balsamic vinegar, mushrooms, celery, bok choy, chicken, fish, apples, pears, strawberries or any other fruit frozen w/out additives.. Unsalted popcorn!
here are a couple of medically-oriented sites on low-sodium food:
That last one has specific sodium content for common foods -- 25mg for a carrot or a whole ear of corn vs. 225-400 for a slice of bologna, or 0 for balsamic vinegar vs 500-2000 for soy sauce!
Boy, will I be paying attention when I fix dinner tonight...
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Doesn't your mom like veggies? Avocados! Garlic! Onions! Tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans (toast a few almonds in a T of butter, drizzle on the beans, yum!) zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, peas, beets, parsnips, corn, yams, potatoes, peppers, turnips, spinach - pretty much any veg frozen without added salt - all sorts of salad with a little balsamic vinegar, mushrooms, celery, bok choy, chicken, fish, apples, pears, strawberries or any other fruit frozen w/out additives.. Unsalted popcorn!
here are a couple of medically-oriented sites on low-sodium food:
http://www.nwkidney.org/images/website/docs/nutrition/lowsodium.htm
http://www.chfpatients.com/rec/recipes.htm
http://www.ndif.org/na9.html
That last one has specific sodium content for common foods -- 25mg for a carrot or a whole ear of corn vs. 225-400 for a slice of bologna, or 0 for balsamic vinegar vs 500-2000 for soy sauce!
Boy, will I be paying attention when I fix dinner tonight...