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 The Two-Gram Sodium Diet
| Food Category |
Foods Recommended |
Foods to Avoid |
| Grains |
- Breads and rolls without salted tops; muffins
- Ready-to-eat and cooked cereals
- Unsalted crackers and breadsticks
- Low-sodium or homemade breadcrumbs or stuffing
- All rice and pastas
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- Breads, rolls, and crackers with salted tops
- Quick breads, self-rising flour, and biscuit mixes
- Regular bread crumbs
- Instant hot cereals
- Commercially prepared rice, pasta, or stuffing mixes
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| Vegetables |
- Most fresh, frozen, and low-sodium canned vegetables
- Low-sodium and salt-free vegetable juices
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- Regular canned vegetables and juices, including sauerkraut and pickled vegetables
- Frozen vegetables with sauces
- Commercially prepared potato and vegetable mixes
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| Fruits |
- Most fresh, frozen, and canned fruits
- All fruit juices
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- Fruits processed with salt or sodium
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| Milk |
- All milk, but limit to a total of 2 cups daily
- All yogurt
- Most low-sodium cheeses, including ricotta, cream cheese, and cottage cheese
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- Malted and chocolate milk
- Regular and processed cheese, cheese spreads, and sauces
- Buttermilk (no more than 1 cup per week)
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| Meats and Beans |
- Any fresh or frozen beef, lamb, pork, poultry, fish, and some shellfish
- Eggs and egg substitutes
- Low-sodium peanut butter
- Dried peas and beans
- Unsalted nuts
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- Any smoked, cured, salted, or canned meat, fish, or poultry, including bacon, chipped beef, cold cuts, frankfurters, sausages, sardines, and anchovies
- Frozen breaded meats
- Salted nuts
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| Fats and Oils |
- Low-sodium or unsalted butter and margarine
- All plain oils, low-sodium salad dressings
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- Oils mixed with other, high-sodium ingredients (e.g., salad dressing)
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| Snacks, Sweets, and Condiments |
- Low-sodium or unsalted versions of broths, soups, soy sauce, condiments, and snack foods
- Pepper, herbs, and spices; vinegar, lemon, or lime juice
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- Broth, soups, gravies, and sauces, made from instant mixes or other high-sodium ingredients
- Salted snack foods, olives
- Meat tenderizers, seasoning salt, and most flavored vinegars
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| Beverages |
- Low-sodium carbonated beverages
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- Commercially softened water
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John M. O'Day, M.D., F.A.C.S. Marjorie K. Stock, M.D. ,F.A.C.S.
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