“I couldn’t understand it,” she recalled. “I don’t drink, I exercise, I don’t even eat junk food. How could this happen to me?”
The answer, according to her nephrologist, was sitting quietly on her dinner table every night: salt — and lots of it.
While Rachel didn’t eat fast food or chips, her home-cooked meals often featured three traditional dishes high in hidden sodium:
- Soy sauce stir-fries – Rachel loved making stir-fried vegetables and meats, thinking it was a balanced choice. But soy sauce, even in small amounts, is extremely high in sodium.
- Pickled vegetables – A staple from her childhood, Rachel often included homemade pickles with her meals, unaware that the brine used to preserve them was packed with salt.
- Canned soups and broths – To save time, she frequently added canned broths to her rice dishes or stews. Many of these products contain more than half the daily recommended sodium in a single serving.
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