About P.A.D.: High Blood Pressure and P.A.D.

Tips

Use spices instead of salt to add flavor to your food. When cooking and at the table, flavor foods with herbs, spices, lemon, lime, vinegar or salt—free seasoning blends.
Use fresh poultry, fish and lean meat rather than canned, smoked or processed foods.
For snacks, eat fruit, vegetable sticks, unbuttered and unsalted popcorn or breadsticks.
Read food labels and choose frozen, fast or prepared foods that are lower in sodium and fat. Cut back on frozen dinners, pizza, packaged mixes, canned soups or broths and salad dressings. These often have a lot of sodium.
Start your day with breakfast cereals that are lower in salt and sodium.
Cook rice, pasta and hot cereals with herbs or spices rather than salt. Cut back on instant or flavored rice, pasta and cereal mixes, which often have added salt.
Buy vegetables that are fresh, plain, frozen or canned with “no salt added.”
Drink water or club soda instead of soft drinks high in sodium or sugar.
When eating out, remove the salt shaker from the table. Limit catsup, pickles and sauces that have a lot of salt or sodium.