If you are serious about your diet: check your food numbers

Most of us eat about 6 grams of sodium in our diet daily. Each person will be different of course, but maintaining a 2 gm sodium diet is very helpful to lessen your heart's workload. The content of sodium in your diet determines how much circulating blood you have

• The more circulating blood volume, the more your heart has to work.
• If your blood volume becomes too high, it can actually weaken the pumping power of your heart.
• That's when ankles start to swell, and lying flat causes shortness of breath. This condition is called Congestive Heart Failure.
• Continuing to eat a 6 gram sodium diet is very deleterious to long term health.
• Click on what you eat, and then analyze the columns to see where the sodium is coming from in your diet, and chose foods low in sodium.
• Not adding salt to your foods, will drop you sodium usage to about 4.5 grams, which is inadequate for heart protection.
• You must eliminate foods high in sodium.

By using this website, you will discover where your sodium is coming from and eliminate those foods, or at least eat them in moderation.