Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute
INTEGRIS Baptist
Medical Center
3300 N.W. Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Main Number
(405) 949-3349 Toll-free
1 (800) 991-3349 |
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| 2000 mg |
| Foods |
Use |
Avoid |
| Bread
low sodium = 5 mg/slice
regular = 120 mg/slice |
Four slices regular bread or low sodium bread, rolls, crackers
Limit bread with baking powder to one slice/day |
Regular bread except in amount allowed
Crackers, commercial mixes, self-rising corn meal or flour, chips, pretzels, other similar snack items |
| Cereal
5 mg sodium per ½ cup cooked or ¾ cup dry |
Puffed rice/wheat, shredded wheat, regular oatmeal, cream of wheat, malt-o-meal, rice, grits |
Quick cooking cereals, instant hot cereals |
| Fruits
2 mg sodium per ½ cup
3+ servings/day |
Any kind – fresh, frozen, or canned |
Maraschino cherries, dried fruit, crystallized/glazed fruit |
| Vegetables
9-25 mg sodium per ½ cup
2+ servings/day (1 serving = ½ cup cooked or 1 cup raw)
Potato/Potato Substitute
(5 mg sodium per ½ cup) |
All fresh/frozen, except those listed under avoid. Low sodium tomato juice or V-8 juice
White/sweet potatoes, macaroni, noodles, rice, dried beans |
Canned vegetables or juice with salt added.
Sauerkraut, frozen lima beans or peas.
Potatoes processed with salt, including canned, dried, frozen, or instant. |
| Meat, Fish Poultry
(25 mg sodium per ounce)
2 servings/day (1 serving = 2-3 ounces) |
Fresh, frozen, canned without salt. Beef, pork, veal, lamb, chicken, turkey, duck, rabbit, fish (rinsed), low sodium tuna/peanut butter |
Brains, kidney, canned, salted, or smoked meats, bacon, bologna, corned beef, frankfurters, ham, lunch meats, salt pork and sausage, peanut butter |
| Egg
(60 mg sodium each) |
Any style |
Prepared with ingredients not allowed, pickled eggs |
| Cheese |
Dry curd cottage cheese, low-sodium cheese, ricotta cheese |
All other |
| Milk
(120 mg sodium/ 8 ounces)
2 cups/day |
Low fat, whole, skim, homemade uncultured buttermilk, yogurt |
Cultured buttermilk |
| Fats |
Unsalted butter/margarine/fat/oil, unsalted salad dressing or mayonnaise, unsalted nuts |
Regular butter/margarine, commercial salad dressings or mayonnaise, bacon, bacon fat, olives, pickles, salted nuts, spreads, dips |
| Desserts
1 serving/day |
Sherbet, popsicles; fruit pie and cobbler made without salt; ice cream/pudding can be used as part of milk allowance |
All instant puddings |
| Sweets |
Sugar, honey, syrup, jelly, jam |
Any made with salt or other sodium compounds |
| Miscellaneous |
Coffee, tea, lemons, limes, plain unflavored gelatin, vinegar, yeast, pepper, herbs, spices, and flavorings |
Instant cocoa mixes, beverage mixes, Gatorade, bouillon, baking powder, baking soda, rennet tablets, molasses, canned soup, commercial marinade, soy sauce, meat tenderizers, sea salt, rock salt |
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Adapted from the Oklahoma Diet Manual, 1992 |
Also important to remember: Do not add salt in cooking or at the table.
Absolutely Avoid:
- Soda – Regular and Diet
- Pickles (and anything pickled)
- Canned soup
- Salt – any kind
- Gatorade (and any other sports drinks)
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