Salt vs. Herbs & Spices

Salt is an essential mineral providing the electrolytes of sodium and chloride. Some people with heart or kidney ceases are advised to limit their salt intake.

Unlike salt, herbs and spices have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, anti-viral chemicals.

In this video:

• Salt advantages and disadvantages. 00:42
• Difference between salt, herbs, and spices. 2:15
• Are herbs and spices superfoods? 2:52
• Substituting herbs and spices for salt. 4:11

Decoding Ingredient And Nutrition Labels

Diets are made of choices. Many Americans eat a diet of prepared foods without knowing what is in their food. This video shares how to use nutrition and ingredient information to make healthy diet choices.

n this video:

• Definition of prepared foods. 00:41
• Why ingredient and nutrition information is important. 1:36
• Decoding the nutrition facts label. 3:34
• Decoding the ingredients list. 7:55

Does Salt Increase Blood Pressure?

Sodium is an essential mineral. The main source of sodium for most people is salt (sodium chloride). Sodium is found naturally in foods and added to prepared foods. While the recommended amount of daily added sodium is 2.300 mg, most people diets high in prepared foods consume significantly more. Salt is an inexpensive flavor enhancer.

While high sodium diets can increase the risk of high blood pressure in some people, people with healthy kidneys and eating high potassium diets can consume more sodium without developing high blood pressure.

Instead of guessing if your blood sodium levels are too low or high, the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) blood test measures your levels of sodium, potassium, and chloride. In some U.S. states, you  do not need a doctors order for a CMP test. CMP also includes blood protein and calcium levels.

In this video:

• What is salt? 00:43
• Salt versus sodium. 1:13
• Sodium and blood pressure. 3:02
• Added salt and blood pressure. 3:53
• Prepared foods and sodium. 5:56
• DASH diet, sodium and blood pressure. 6:39

Should You Eat A High Or Low Potassium Diet?

Potassium is an essential mineral. Many Americans eat a high sodium, low potassium diet. One reason is diets high in meat and ultra-processed foods. Potassium is abundant in plant foods. Many fad diet experts and health and wellness websites recommend obtaining about 4,500 mg of potassium daily.Do healthy adults need 4,000 to 5,000 mg a day? Your kidneys help control blood potassium levels. People with chronic kidney disease must eat a low potassium diet. But, low potassium does not mean little or no potassium. This video shares information about eating a high or low potassium diet.

In this video:

• Why is potassium essential?
• Why you need potassium.
• What is an electrolyte?
• Recommend dietary requirement (RDA) versus adequate intake (AI) and daily value (DV).
• Should you eat a high or low potassium diet?

Related videos:
20 High Potassium Foods: https://youtu.be/5fJdQyGdlNE
30 Low Potassium Foods: https://youtu.be/tUSkdc5AsE4

Added Sodium Versus Natural Sodium

Sodium is an essential mineral found in most foods. The most common source of sodium is salt. Diets high in prepared foods including restaurant foods provide too much added sodium. High sodium diets can increase the risk of high blood pressure in people who are sodium sensitive or have kidney disease.

In this video:

• What is sodium?
• Added versus natural sodium.
• RDA for added sodium.
• High natural sodium foods.
• Low natural sodium foods.
• High added sodium foods.

Understand And Using Nutrition Facts Labels

Nutrition Facts labels are used in many countries around the world. The labels are controlled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and required on most processed foods. This video shares how to use nutrition labels and the differences between the 2006 and 2016 labels.

In this video:

• Why you should use nutrition labels. 1:59
• Differences between 2006 & 2016 labels. 4:13
• Who determines what nutrition information is included? 7:32
• Manipulating serving sizes and nutrition information. 8:32
• The consumers need to know. 12:31

30 Low Potassium Foods Video

Many people eat a high sodium low potassium diet. People eating high potassium diets can consume more sodium. Too much potassium can be as dangerous as too little potassium.

People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) have trouble removing excess sodium and potassium. It is important, if instructed by their doctor, to eat a low potassium diet. Potassium is in all foods; animal and plant.

This video looks at 30 foods providing less potassium than most other foods.

11 Tips To Reduce Added Sodium

Salt has been used for thousands of years to flavor and preserve foods. Many Americans eat a high sodium diet on a regular basis. Too much sodium can increase blood pressure due to increased fluid (water) to dilute the concentration in the blood and cells.

People eating a high potassium diet may be able to eat more sodium than a person eating a low potassium diet.

Added sodium from salt and other sodium based ingredients is common in most highly processed foods.

This video highlights foods high in sodium and how to reduce sodium in your diet.

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