Health: Low Salt Diet Tips for Kids and Adults

Low Salt Diet Tips for Kids and Adults

Written by Laura Bankston

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advice of his/her doctor. But, for me - a healthy adult with great blood pressure - I just use my common sense to guide me. Tips for easy, common sense salt reduction: 1.Use less salt than recommended in a recipe. I've never found it to affect repparttar 115104

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time I totally leave it out - especially if it's accompanied by a product that already contains salt/sodium. 2.Don't let your kids salt at repparttar 115106

table. The only time salt is on my dinner table is when company is over. I think that my two younger kids don't even realize that people salt their food at repparttar 115107

table. If you do decide to let your kids have additional salt - put it on for them. It comes out faster than they realize and it's hard to see! 3.Check repparttar 115108

nutrition label of every food that you buy. You will quickly become aware of how much sodium is in cereal, bread, canned goods, bacon, frozen foods, etc. Having an awareness of how much sodium you are consuming will make reduction much easier 4.Buy low-salt or low-sodium versions of a product. Why eat repparttar 115109

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difference in taste (if any) in a few bites? 5.Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. 6.Substitute salt with other spices that will give food flavor without adding sodium Forming good "salting" habits now, will make things a lot easier for your children in repparttar 115111

future. Do it for them, and you'll be doing it for you too!

Laura Bankston is author of Internationally selling Cooking with Kids Curriculum: “Homeschool Cooking in a Box” and the “Homeschool Cookbook”. Her articles are published online and in home schooling magazines such as The Homeschool Digest. She currently home schools her three children and maintains home school support websites. For information on her curriculum and free home school support services, please visit http://www.homeschoolcookbook.com

Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Written by Cheryl Winter, M.S., R.D., R.N.

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How Prevalent is Metabolic Syndrome?

The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome is 25% in United States adults, and this increases with advancing age, increasing BMI and certain ethnicities, but overall, repparttar individuals with Metabolic Syndrome are more alike than dissimilar across these groups. Metabolic Syndrome is a high cardiovascular risk state that is probably higher than repparttar 115103 sum of it’s components.

How is Metabolic Syndrome Treated and/or Prevented?

Therapies aimed at reducing insulin resistance, is repparttar 115104 main treatment for repparttar 115105 Metabolic Syndrome. WEIGHT LOSS of approximately 10% has been shown to significantly decrease insulin resistance, and it should be repparttar 115106 primary target of intervention due to its ripple effect in other areas, including hypertension, increased triglycerides, decreased LDL, and decreased insulin resistance. The secondary target of intervention is EXERCISE, due to its ripple effects of decreased weight (improved insulin resistance), decreased blood glucose, decreased triglycerides, increased HDL and decreased blood pressure.

Other steps of treatment of repparttar 115107 Metabolic Syndrome •Monitor blood glucose, lipoproteins and blood pressure •Treat diabetes and hyperlipidemia •Choose drug therapy for hypertensive people with care—different agents have different effects on insulin sensitivity

With repparttar 115108 rate of obesity increasing at such an alarming rate, metabolic syndrome will be one of our nation’s greatest challenges of repparttar 115109 21st century. It’s imperative that we prevent or defer repparttar 115110 progression of this disease, and reduce repparttar 115111 associated risk factors, as described above.

References

American Heart Association Bray G., Champagne, C. Obesity and repparttar 115112 Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for Dietetics Practitioners. J of repparttar 115113 Am Dietetic Association. 2004; 104 (1):86-89. -=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Cheryl Winter, M.S., R.D., R.N. is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Registered Nurse and ACSM Fitness Instructor. Cheryl is owner and operator of HealthSteps Rx, Inc. at http://www.HealthStepsRx.com a wellness organization that will help you Build a Better Life…One Step at a Time.

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