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healthy living weight lossHow do you cut out sugar and sodium from your diet?
- Give your taste buds time to adjust.
- Adapt your recipes.
- Reach for fruit rather than juice.
- Check your cereal box.
- Eat mostly fresh foods.
- Take care with condiments.
- Read the labels.
- Speak up.
Then, what happens when you cut out salt and sugar?
Dr. Arash Tirandaz, an internist on the medical staff at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, tells his patients that cutting down on sugar and salt is one of the best ways to improve their health. “Salt can cause water gain and high blood pressure, which can lead to heart failure, heart attack and stroke.”
Keeping this in view, what foods are low in sugar and sodium?
Vegetables and Fruits
- Any fresh fruits, like apples, oranges, or bananas.
- Any fresh vegetables, like spinach, carrots, or broccoli.
- Frozen vegetables without added butter or sauce.
- Canned vegetables that are low in sodium or have no salt added.
- Low-sodium vegetable juice.
- Frozen, canned, or dried fruits with no added sugars.
When you consume too much sodium in your diet, your body holds extra water. That's because the kidneys, which filter out waste from the blood, maintain a special ratio of electrolytes, such as sodium to potassium, to water. More salt in the diet means the kidneys keep more water in the system.