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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 456715" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Lisa, I'm glad he's improved enough for them to consider moving him. Hugs, this is so difficult.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just a warning - sea salt is still sodium chloride, it's the same stuff, basically, just with a few more impurities. And a higher price tag. ANY salt is a problem, because it has to be removed by the kidneys and the more you have, the harder your kidneys and heart have to work. If his BiPolar (BP) is low, his kidneys may not cope.</p><p></p><p>However - you can compensate for lack of salt by boosting flavour. And you can wean back on the salt, too. Chances are the hospital food is getting him accustomed to less salt so you can cut back a long way immediately he comes home and he might not even realise.</p><p></p><p>For flavour - find some recipes such as curry (without the fire if he can't tolerate it) or Moroccan recipes. I use the spices directly, make my own curry blends and spice blends. That way I know what is in it. I make my own salted lemons (yes, I know - salt!) and when I use them, I add less salt to the meal. You don't use much of the salted lemon peel, not enough to be a problem. And you can always rinse it off first. When I had to go on my ridiculously strict diet (also low salt), I found flavour in what I cooked saved my sanity. PM me if you want some recipes. The other things that helped especially when it was the kids who were on a diet - eliminating the problem foods from the house was the easiest way to go. I stopped buying sugary soft drinks and bought low-cal instead. I keep one in the fridge and one spare. The rest are warm and unpalatable until chilled. Switching to wholegrain, cutting out all sugar, cutting out fat, cutting out white flour, restricting fruit to one piece a day (that was hard! but strawberries are allowed in unlimited amounts), eating as many vegetables as you want (except potato), cutting out dairy except for small amounts - it meant I had to take multivitamins to compensate. But it made a huge difference. </p><p></p><p>I don't think he would be able to make so many changes especially so quickly, but there are ways to cut back in some areas and compensate in others so it's not so difficult.</p><p></p><p>Hugs, Lisa. </p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 456715, member: 1991"] Lisa, I'm glad he's improved enough for them to consider moving him. Hugs, this is so difficult. Just a warning - sea salt is still sodium chloride, it's the same stuff, basically, just with a few more impurities. And a higher price tag. ANY salt is a problem, because it has to be removed by the kidneys and the more you have, the harder your kidneys and heart have to work. If his BiPolar (BP) is low, his kidneys may not cope. However - you can compensate for lack of salt by boosting flavour. And you can wean back on the salt, too. Chances are the hospital food is getting him accustomed to less salt so you can cut back a long way immediately he comes home and he might not even realise. For flavour - find some recipes such as curry (without the fire if he can't tolerate it) or Moroccan recipes. I use the spices directly, make my own curry blends and spice blends. That way I know what is in it. I make my own salted lemons (yes, I know - salt!) and when I use them, I add less salt to the meal. You don't use much of the salted lemon peel, not enough to be a problem. And you can always rinse it off first. When I had to go on my ridiculously strict diet (also low salt), I found flavour in what I cooked saved my sanity. PM me if you want some recipes. The other things that helped especially when it was the kids who were on a diet - eliminating the problem foods from the house was the easiest way to go. I stopped buying sugary soft drinks and bought low-cal instead. I keep one in the fridge and one spare. The rest are warm and unpalatable until chilled. Switching to wholegrain, cutting out all sugar, cutting out fat, cutting out white flour, restricting fruit to one piece a day (that was hard! but strawberries are allowed in unlimited amounts), eating as many vegetables as you want (except potato), cutting out dairy except for small amounts - it meant I had to take multivitamins to compensate. But it made a huge difference. I don't think he would be able to make so many changes especially so quickly, but there are ways to cut back in some areas and compensate in others so it's not so difficult. Hugs, Lisa. Marg [/QUOTE]
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