Today’s post is about easy swaps you can make to eat a low sodium diet. It’s the second post in a series of healthy swaps, all geared towards tweaking your diet for healthier eating!

Like sugar, which I covered in the first post, sodium is hidden in tons of foods. This means that most of us eat way more than is necessary.

Having too much can lead to bloating and discomfort, as well as more serious problems like heart disease and kidney dysfunction.

“This is a great protein-rich snack that will keep you nourished and full!”

Snacks can make or break your healthy eating. Whether you have a specific goal like losing weight, or you just want to eat healthy, it’s important that you plan ahead.

It’s the worst when you’re hungry between meals with no nutritious snacks to eat. This usually happened to me when I was out running errands or when I was at work.

Being a registered nurse, certified personal trainer, and healthy food nut, I knew I had to find good snacks to suggest to others – and to eat myself!

“I began to wonder…did I write detoxes off too soon? Do cleanses really work?”

“Full body detox!” “Cleanse your liver in 3 days!” “The diet to rid your body of toxins!”

Any of this sound familiar?

I’d always written off detoxes and cleanses as scams. In nursing school, I learned that our bodies detoxify themselves. So I figured, “Why do we need a special cleanse to rid our bodies of toxins?”

But as I stumbled across more and more articles about it and people who swore that it worked, I began to wonder…did I write detoxes off too soon? Do cleanses really work?