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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Diet and Recipes => Topic started by: Alex C. on September 11, 2012, 07:20:25 AM

Title: "Reduced Sodium"= extra potassium
Post by: Alex C. on September 11, 2012, 07:20:25 AM

More and more, I'm seeing special labels on foods stating "reduced sodium", rather than the older "no salt added". You MIGHT think that the 2 are the same, but they are not! Almost without exception, those foods marked 'reduced sodium' have had the usual salt replaced with potassium chloride (which is itself, also a 'salt'), which, for kidney patients, is the LAST thing you would want to eat. Look carefully at the labels; nearly all the 'reduced sodium' labels list potassium content, and it's almost always sky-high. Buying the high-sodium version is probably safer for kidney patients.

Title: Re: "Reduced Sodium"= extra potassium
Post by: Rerun on September 11, 2012, 09:16:39 AM

Thanks, I'll look for that.

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