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!

Looking to decrease daily sugar intake, but unsure how best to tackle it?

Sugar is in pretty much everything. It’s delicious and highly addictive, which is why so many companies and restaurants add it to their foods.

Unfortunately, this means that added sugar isn’t only present in places you’d expect, like Auntie Anne’s cinnamon pretzel bites. It’s also in foods like ketchup, breads, meats, and granola. It’s everywhere! Which means that most of us eat wayyy too much of it. And that’s a very, very bad thing.

Why?