Subj : Reduced salt was: 3/5 Nat
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sun Mar 10 2024 14:09:18

  Re: Reduced salt was: 3/5 Nat
  By: Ruth Haffly to Dave Drum on Sat Mar 09 2024 11:33 am

 > Hi Dave,
 > 
 > 
 >  CS>   By: Dave Drum to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed Mar 06 2024 06:03 am
 > 
 >  CS> I like you snack mix too but Don still needs reduced salt options so
 > 
 >  DD> My housemate, Dennis, recently had a heart cath done for a 95% blocked
 >  DD> artery. And, of course, the cardio guy gave him the conventional "No
 >  DD> salt!" talk.
 > 
 >  DD> So, I hit the stupormarkup and bought him a shaker of Morton's Nu Salt
 >  DD> (potassiuim chloride) and a couple shakers of Mrs. Dash to help him
 >  DD> get some "safe" flavour in his grub.
 > 
 >  DD> I did the same thing for myself after my cardiac ablation and
 >  DD> pacemaker implnt. Nu Salt works OK - but it gets bitter whePkt message 5 ÍÍ COOKING                                                        reduce the blood
 > pressure. Turned out it was kicked in by one of my asthma meds and
 > something called hyperaldosteronism. One of the side effects was that my
 > potassium levels kept bottoming out and I'd end up in the ER. Once that
 >  was diagnosed and treated, the blood pressure went down. In the
 >  meantime, I went back to using real salt, tho in smaller amounts.
 > 
 > 
 >  DD> I have since gone back on using real salt and it doesn't seem to
 >  DD> affect my BP nor make my feet sweel or any of the other gotchas. But,
 >  DD> all cases are their own deal. What works for  me may not for others.
 >  DD> Bv)=
 > 
 > Agreed, that's where having a good doctor, one that's willing to listen
 > to you and work with you is so important.
 > 
 > Meanwhile, a new Indian restaurant opened up in town recently and Steve
 > had been wanting to try it. We finally did, last night--got butter
 > chicken, whole wheat roti and lentil soup to go. I was less than
 > impressed with the soup but the chicken and roti were really good. The
 > chicken came with white basmati rice but the sauce pretty much
 > overpowered any taste to the rice. We'll probably go back there, don't
 > know when.
 > 

I;m not really impressed with many India-type dishes but they have some nifty
flat breads that I do from time to time.  Like Naan.

   xxcarol















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