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| Use the Salt Display Kit to show your audience how much salt is in the foods they eat. One visual glance will education them forever about which foods are high in sodium and which foods are low in sodium. How Much Salt Is In My Food? This color brochure is a great tool to remind your clients how to read food labels for salt-finding success.
Low Sodium Success Brochure The benefits of the DASH Eating Plan are seen on one side of this color brochure and the other side teaches your clients how to reduce their sodium intake along with a list of 40 low-sodium foods to guide them. If you educate your audience about the serious health risks of a high sodium diet they will want to lower their sodium intake. With this show, they will see how easy it is to make better choices to lower sodium. Get 2 PPT Shows on one CD, plus 20 pages of handouts with leader guide. Need anything? Hit reply to this email or call us toll-free at 800-462-2352. | Question:
What is the difference in the sodium potassium ratio between processed fast food versus whole foods prepared in a healthy manner?
Answer: Let’s compare:
Menu 1: Fast Food Meal
• McDonald’s Big Mac • Medium Fries • Medium cola drink
1130 calories, 48 g fat, 13 g saturated fat, 1.5 g trans fat, 75 mg cholesterol, 1325 g sodium, 151 g carbohydrate, 8 g fiber, 29 g protein, 1051 mg potassium
Sodium/potassium ratio: 1.26
There is more sodium than potassium here which is bad news for your heart!
Menu 2: Healthy Home-Cooked Meal
• Salad with vinegar • Poached Salmon with ginger • Baked potato • Tea, unsweetened
372 calories, 7.5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 60 mg cholesterol, 81 mg sodium, 47 g carbo- hydrate, 8 g fiber, 28 g protein, 2017 mg potassium
Sodium/potassium ratio: .04
There is a lot more potassium than sodium here which is very good news!
What’s Optimal:
In February of 2004 the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the “Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate”. They recommend an adequate intake for sodium at 1500 and an ideal potassium intake of 4700. Clearly this shows that the ideal ratio should be about .31 sodium/potassium. (or .48 if you use the upper intake level of sodium which is 2300 mg). In 2013 the IOM says the sodium guidelines remain the same. You Are Eating Too Much Salt! Poster Our best-selling Sodium Poster provides eye-opening sodium facts that are sure to capture your audience's attention. The DASH Diet Poster clearly shows the foods needed to follow the DASH diet. | | | | |
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