Does low sodium diet help loose weight?

The short answer is Yes!

The long answer is: Most people do not reduce their sodium intake only to loose weight, but they definitely retain less water once they start consuming less sodium, hence loosing weight. There is a new discussion about this subject at Eat Low Sodium's forum site:

http://eatlowsodium.com/osc/forum/

Following a low sodium diet is not about eating foods that have less sodium only, it is also about eating more fresh foods and avoiding processed foods. This is also part of any healthy diet helping us loose weight or keep an ideal weight.

Excess salt may cause kidney stones in kids

As I was reading the Children's gazette published by Miami Children's Hospital, the following lines caught my attention:

"The incidence of kidney stones in children has been increasing steadily in America over the last decade..."

The first reason mentioned in the article is Salt! The article reads:

"Excess salt is contained in many foods that children love and eat now more of than ever before, such as french fries, cheeseburgers, and potato chips. In addition, with today's prepackaged, quick-meal mentality, parents may not be aware that many convenient foods such as lunch meats, packaged meals, canned soups, and sports drinks, contain high levels of hidden salts."

The other reason mentioned is dehydration as children tend to not drink enough water as they don't to take a break from play, or they don't have enough time in school, etc. Even when they do, instead of drinking water, they choose sodas and other sugary drinks instead.

The gazette is small but full of useful articles and tips. Thank you Miami Children's Hospital!
Umit

Low Sodium Grocers, Food Stores, and Restaurants Wanted!

Please read the details at the press release we published yesterday:

http://www.prlog.org/10321306-low-sodium-food-stores-grocers-and-restaurants-wanted.html

There are other great healthy dieting blogs too!

I registered my blog at halfhourmeals.com. It is a very nicely design, neat site where you can find (besides recipes) other blogs on cooking, foods, and healthy dieting.

Particularly their section on "organic and natural food blogs" include other great blogs in various forms of healthy dieting such as organic food diet, low fat diet, low carb diet, diabetic diet, and more. All the blogs get manually reviewed and posted after the moderators' approvals, therefore the blogs listed there must have useful content for their readers.

While you are visiting this site, please do not forget to give eatlowsodium blog an excellent rating!

Thank you

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