Living Well with Heart Failure: Low Salt Diet
Living Well with Heart Failure: Low Salt Diet
Living Well with Heart Failure: Low Salt Diet
Patients, Nursing students, nurses, and other health care professionals will want to know how to help manage heart failure so a reduction of symptoms can be achieved.
One of the nursing skills needed is knowing how to share treatment options with colleagues and patients in a way that makes sense and is easy to understand. Nursing has long been associated with trust and understanding how food choices impact the patient quality of life is foudational to treating heart failure.
A low sodium diet is a cornerstone to helping patients get control of their heart failure to prevent unnecessary weight gain due to fluid retention or high blood pressure.
In this video, we will cover the target sodium levels, how to read the labels and understand food labels.
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0.48 -> hey if you have been struggling with
2.159 -> heart failure you've noticed weight gain
4.319 -> you're feeling tired i want to help you
6.16 -> today in this video to teach you how to
8.48 -> live well with heart failure on a low
10.96 -> salt diet and we're going to get into
12.88 -> that right after this
14.639 -> so when you have heart failure one of
16.72 -> the things that creates challenges for
19.279 -> us is the amount of fluid that's inside
21.359 -> our vascular system so that's inside
23.199 -> your heart that's pumping away into the
25.439 -> vessels and the arteries and the veins
28.16 -> now i know one of the hardest things is
29.76 -> to change our diet but i want to share
31.599 -> with you some of the benefits of using a
33.12 -> low salt diet to help you feel way more
35.92 -> empowered and comfortable when you make
37.36 -> these choices
38.559 -> one of the first things is you're taking
40.239 -> control of your heart failure and how
42.8 -> you manage it so you are actually an
44.879 -> active participant in in creating a
47.36 -> change for you
48.8 -> that leads to you feeling better which
51.199 -> is amazing
53.6 -> now when you take control of managing
55.68 -> your heart failure and you start to
57.12 -> notice that you feel better you may also
58.879 -> notice the third benefit and that is
61.199 -> that your heart medications are working
63.039 -> more efficiently that you might be able
64.64 -> to reduce the number of medications
66.479 -> you're on or the dosing which minimizes
68.479 -> side effects so that's a triple win in
70.4 -> my mind
72.56 -> and you'll notice that you're having
74.24 -> troubles with your heart failure related
76.56 -> to fluid if you're seeing weight gain if
79.36 -> you're noticing swollen ankles if you
81.92 -> are feeling really short of breath these
83.84 -> are signs that you may have too much
85.28 -> fluid on the heart so how do we manage
87.68 -> that we're going to talk about that next
91.6 -> now we all know too much of a good thing
93.28 -> is not a good thing and that's the same
95.439 -> thing goes with salt so too much salt is
98.159 -> actually bad for your heart failure and
100.32 -> it's going to cause you to feel slow
103.2 -> tired you're going to notice weight gain
106.32 -> often in the feet and the ankles but
108.079 -> your abdomen as well might swell and so
110.799 -> we want to reduce that so you can have a
112.56 -> better quality of life
115.2 -> now we know that managing your salt
116.88 -> intake is one element of your treatment
119.68 -> plan we definitely want to be monitoring
121.92 -> your weight we definitely want to be
123.2 -> monitoring your activity levels and your
125.52 -> medications but salt intake alone can
127.84 -> have significant impact so what are we
129.759 -> looking at first of all when you're
132 -> looking at your salt content
134.239 -> the cans of food that you're going to be
136.08 -> looking at don't often have salt listed
139.12 -> in terms of their percentages but
140.72 -> instead they call it sodium so we need
143.36 -> to be looking at our labels
145.52 -> for the word sodium to see how much is
147.36 -> in here and i'm going to give you a few
148.8 -> measurements here
151.92 -> now i know that salt is everywhere i
154.319 -> know it everyone tells me this so i
156.16 -> wanted to share with you quickly seven
157.68 -> categories to be looking at the salt
159.2 -> content number one
161.68 -> your salt and seasonings you're looking
163.44 -> for msg we've got garlic salt onion salt
166.16 -> seasoning salt yes those are salts
169.04 -> number two
170.4 -> salty snacks your chips your pretzels
172.72 -> your crackers
174.16 -> number three
175.68 -> pickled foods olives sauerkraut and of
178.159 -> course pickles
179.519 -> number four restaurant food so pizzas
182.319 -> burgers hot dogs fries
184.72 -> i know you think i'm a party pooper but
186.319 -> hang on with me for a second
188.4 -> number five is packaged food so our
191.36 -> soups our vegetables
193.68 -> canned beans
195.36 -> number six is our processed foods often
199.12 -> are deli meats sausage bacon and number
202.56 -> seven is sauces so we have ketchup we
205.84 -> have mustard we have barbecue sauces all
208.239 -> the things that we like to put on top of
209.68 -> our food we're gonna be looking for salt
211.68 -> in all of those foods and i'm going to
213.12 -> give you some guidelines as to how you
214.48 -> know which ones are good for you and
215.68 -> which ones are not so good
217.84 -> now consider cell to be like a sponge
219.68 -> the more salt you have in your blood
221.36 -> vessels the more water it's going to
223.2 -> hold and the more water you have
227.04 -> the more work your heart is going to
228.48 -> have to do now listen i know it can be
230.64 -> super hard to eat a low salt diet
232.159 -> because for me
233.28 -> salt is like a food group i love salt
235.76 -> but i notice the difference in my body
237.439 -> when i have too much so let me know
239.2 -> below and share your tips and the foods
240.959 -> that you have found that have been
242.48 -> lifesavers for you in terms of having a
245.36 -> low salt diet to support your heart
247.12 -> health now you're strongly encouraged to
249.28 -> maintain a few parameters i have a
251.2 -> couple numbers here on the board in a
252.959 -> day it's
254.12 -> 2300 milligrams which is equal to one
257.199 -> teaspoon of salt
259.6 -> if you're looking at your labels to
261.519 -> identify what food is good for you
264 -> it's preferential to choose an item that
267.04 -> has less than 200 milligrams per serving
269.68 -> so now let's look at some labels
272.72 -> so quick tips to get rid of salt in your
274.479 -> diet remove the salt from your cooking
276.56 -> you don't need salt in the water take
278.8 -> the table salt off of the table so
280.72 -> you're not using it and replace it with
282.479 -> like a seasoning of some side some sort
284.639 -> but watch the label to make sure you're
286.639 -> not substituting one salt for another
289.28 -> now more when
291.6 -> now when we're looking at the label the
293.28 -> words we want to be looking for are
294.96 -> these salt
297.12 -> sodium
298.56 -> na which is the chemical for sodium nacl
302.16 -> which is sodium chloride and if those
304.4 -> words are listed in the first five
305.759 -> ingredients put that food back it's a
308 -> high salt food
312.72 -> so let's compare a few different canned
314.639 -> foods
316.4 -> so when we look at the bean
318.08 -> you're going to notice salt is the word
319.52 -> sodium
320.639 -> and this has 420 milligrams per serving
323.759 -> which is a half a cup
325.68 -> and if you have anything more than 200
327.759 -> milligrams per serving this would not be
329.6 -> an ideal food for you
331.84 -> but we can also go down into the
333.12 -> ingredients and we'll notice that in the
334.96 -> ingredients we have water
336.8 -> white beans liquid sugar and salt it's
338.88 -> listed in the first five ingredients so
341.199 -> it's likely to be a high sodium
343.759 -> product
345.68 -> let's compare that with the sliced
347.039 -> peaches
348.88 -> so we look at the ingredients
351.759 -> we have clingstone peaches water sugar
355.84 -> and citric acid so there's no salt
358.08 -> listed in the ingredients but we need to
359.6 -> come over now to the label to look to
362.08 -> see that there is still actually three
363.919 -> milligrams of sodium per serving well
366.72 -> underneath our 200 milligrams so this
368.639 -> would be a perfect product for you
371.759 -> to put in your pantry
375.6 -> let's look at another protein choice
377.36 -> this is chunk light tuna
380.56 -> oh here it is ingredients skip tuna
383.039 -> water and
384.24 -> salt
385.28 -> it's the third ingredient of a three
386.96 -> ingredient list so let's look at the
388.24 -> nutritional facts per a third of a cup
390.8 -> per serving we're looking for the word
392.56 -> sodium
395.36 -> 160 milligrams so this would be okay to
397.919 -> put into your pantry
400.4 -> so the key is to read both the
402.16 -> ingredient list and look at the
404.8 -> breakdown of nutritional value here in
407.68 -> your food to look for that sodium per
411.039 -> serving content primarily
414.24 -> now how do you know if you've got too
415.28 -> much sodium you're starting to notice
416.4 -> that should i be looking at this if
418.319 -> you've noticed a weight gain overnight
420.56 -> so weigh yourself same time every day
422.88 -> same amount of clothes after you pee
425.199 -> first thing in the morning
426.96 -> and if in that process you notice more
428.96 -> than a two pound weight gain in a day
431.36 -> or a five pound weight gain in a week
433.68 -> you need to check in with your doctor
434.96 -> because you may need to have a
435.84 -> conversation about the salt in your diet
439.039 -> so does this mean you have to give up
440.319 -> your favorite foods
441.84 -> no it just means you may need to be a
443.599 -> little bit more creative so for example
445.12 -> if you like popcorn you can have popcorn
446.639 -> without
447.599 -> the salt you can still enjoy the popcorn
450.16 -> of course if you're putting butter on
452 -> you better be looking at that salt
453.36 -> content
454.96 -> you can still have hot cereals like
456.96 -> oatmeal just make sure there's no salt
458.96 -> added you can still have bread you can
460.88 -> still have pasta you can still have
462.88 -> homemade muffins but you just need to be
464.879 -> looking at how much salt is being added
466.72 -> to it and what is the overall salt
468.08 -> content per serving because remember
471.039 -> 2300 milligrams in one day or 200
473.84 -> milligrams per serving of food and
475.36 -> you'll be on your way don't forget to
477.599 -> subscribe and hit that like button and
479.199 -> drop a comment below and let me know how
480.879 -> this has helped you
482.479 -> now go out there and make it a great day
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