Reddit mentions: The best low salt cooking books

I am a beginner as well, but I will share the books I'm working my way through. They are not necessarily all beginner books as they range from general overviews to very thorough reference manuals. I hope you find something on the list that helps.

Most have Kindle samples you can download if you use Amazon.



Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F8FA6ZG/


The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XAZ625E/


The New Chinese Medicine Handbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0179ZS8R0/


The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ICS8MIE/


The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques To Release Your Body's Own Medicine Movement Massage Meditation Breathing https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D184QVW/


Optimal Healing: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine https://www.amazon.com/dp/0979948495/





Healing With Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556434308/


Recipes for Self Healing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0952464020/


The Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446675067/


The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345421094/


Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine: Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu (Paradigm title) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0912111445/


Secrets of Self-Healing: Harness Nature's Power to Heal Common Ailments, Boost Your Vitality,and Achieve Optimum Wellness https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ZJY5X4/


The Acupuncture Handbook: How Acupuncture Works and How it Can Help You https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GW4MG3W/


The Chinese Way to Healing: Many Paths to Wholeness https://www.amazon.com/dp/0595399509/


Acupuncture Points Handbook: A Patient's Guide to the Locations and Functions of over 400 Acupuncture Points https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D35N6SJ/


The Root of Chinese Qigong: Secrets of Health, Longevity, & Enlightenment https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FIICLXC/


Chinese Medical Herbology & Pharmacology https://www.amazon.com/dp/0974063509/


Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0939616424/





Finally, here's a few books by Mantak Chia that are profound, enlightening, vulgar, dangerous, or just aweful, depending on who you ask. I haven't read any of them but they made my list for some reason just to check out. I have a feeling he's an author people very much either like or dislike:

Chi Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594771103/


Awaken Healing Through the Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NGTUSV4/


Awaken Healing Light of the Tao https://www.amazon.com/dp/0935621466/


Healing Light of the Tao: Foundational Practices to Awaken Chi Energy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4WM6S/

Cramps and fatigue will tell you if you're getting enough electrolytes. I've never been big on fixed numbers for the day but it certainly works for people. If you're doing hard workouts then I recommend those ketone salts (unflavored). They have a pretty good ratio (although it does have calcium but also a lot of magnesium to go along with it). The whole salt = high blood pressure thing is a bit overrated and not well understood. If you have good functioning kidneys, then you should be able to process huge amounts of salt without any problems and it will actually lower your blood pressure and keep your cardiovascular system healthy. Source.

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Check out vitamin D3 + K2(MK7) supplements to help move the calcium into the bone and tissue if you're still cramping after getting enough electrolytes.

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The 14-day DASH Diet Meal Plan: Healthy Low-Sodium Recipes for Lower Blood Pressure and Weight Loss

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDG54ML

FREE until April 21st

> If you are overweight with high blood pressure, your doctor may have ordered a low sodium diet with less saturated fat.

> Didn’t sound like fun, did it? However, you don’t have to lose the great taste of food when you cut the fat and salt. The DASH diet for weight loss lets you follow your doctor’s orders while still pleasing your palate, with no need to give up smoothies, muffins, or pizza, while you lower blood pressure, drop pounds, and reduce the risk of several diseases.

> The 14-Day DASH Diet Meal Plan: Healthy Low-Sodium Recipes for Lower Blood Pressure and Weight Loss will make this change in eating painless for your wallet, as well as your taste buds, by focusing on kitchen staples.

Most people and schools would probably recommend you start with Ted Kaptchuk's The web that has no weaver. Instead I prefer to breakdown my recommendation depending on whom is asking, and why. For patients who want to learn more about CM for diy health purposes, I recommend Legget's book which is 40% TCM theory explanation, and 60% application of those theories to everyday diet. For potential students, I recommend this translation of a first-year textbook for CM students in China, by the excellent Nigel Wiseman. For those interested in the more esoteric theoreticals of CM, I recommend anything by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee.

And, for anyone really interested in reading "oldest and most enduring book" in Chinese Medicine - which should be every student and practitioner of CM - I would suggest a good translation of the Huangdi neijing. Note my emphasis on a good translation, which sadly excludes the Veith and Ni editions, both of which are quite terrible. If you can get past the dubious biomedical equivalencies he likes to make,Y.C. Kong's translation is composed of important textual excerpts neatly arranged by topic, making it both cheaper and more beginner-friendly than the Unschuld translation.

this book has some good info on salt but you can just search youtube with the authors name and he has some good interviews where he drops some very interesting electrolyte knowledge

https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating-ebook/dp/B01GBAJR9C

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While salt is good for you, try adding it to the food you eat or have a smaller amount if youre going to drink it like a shot. Also recommend you read the Salt Fix https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating-ebook/dp/B01GBAJR9C

Read this: https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating/dp/0451496965/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1536239348&sr=8-5&keywords=salt+book

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Then get these: https://www.amazon.com/SaltStick-Electrolyte-Replacement-Capsules-bottle/dp/B002IY96B0/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1536239395&sr=8-3&keywords=salt+sticks

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Pop 2 two to three times per day (in general) and before and after every workout. They also sell a version with caffeine in it. I'll take 3 of those (solid dose of electrolytes) for 90mg of caffeine before a fasted morning workout. Makes a big difference.

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As another poster said, measure your electrolyte intake daily and increase it until your symptoms go away (within reason). You should also make sure you are supplementing Mg... per Volek and Phinney. I've found that Mag64 2x per day prevents almost all cramping. I'll do a 30 day cycle and then drop it until I start to early signs of cramps and then restart (it is not cheap).

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Good luck,

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Not to give you specific medical advice, but this is worth a read in my opinion:

The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GBAJR9C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_-7cUzb6JCZTYB

My fasting is better with salt - less dizziness and cold feet. Salt amount is not equivalent to sodium and there can be some confusion. 2 to 2.5gm of sodium per day is a low/normal amount. Using table salt that would be about 5gm or a teaspoon.

I read this interesting book recently: The Salt Fix. He will supplement with garlic salt for a better flavor. If your fasting program is flexible, you can get salt in a variety of ways: eat a deal pickle, green olives, hot sauce, bone broth, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating-ebook/dp/B01GBAJR9C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bNdhM4vt4I

That youtube video is part of a 3 video series. He includes sources. Overall a good watch. Would recommend.

?? not sure this is what you're looking for

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-5-Ingredient-Healthy-Cookbook-Delicious-ebook/dp/B07B87FHJB/ref=sr_1_13?

check out 5 ingredient crock pot cook books. if she doesn't have one than get her one they are not super expensive

I have this one it is great and I have had it now for 6 years?

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crock-Pot-7-Quart-Smart-Pot-Slow-Cooker-Brushed-Stainless-Steel/54947078

The Dump cookbooks are also really good for new cooks. they have them for the crock pot/slow cookers too.

check out this book - The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life, by Dr. James DiNicolantonio. He is highly regarded in the keto/zerocarb world.
https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating/dp/0451496965/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.amazon.com.au/Salt-Fix-Dr-James-Dinicolantonio/dp/0451496965

Well worth a read.

You are in a keto group. You have managed to think outside the box of low fat. Now go one step further and read The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--and How Eating More Might Save Your Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GBAJR9C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wD66BbBFZBHHV

I would talk to your doctor / dietitian before taking any of this advice on here. Everyone dietary needs are different.

That being said this is the cookbook my wife bought.
Renal Diet Cookbook: The Low Sodium, Low Potassium, Healthy Kidney Cookbook

There's good recipes in there, but check with your Dr first.

https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong-Eating-ebook/dp/B01GBAJR9C

Publisher, Rockridge Press, is making digital advance review copies of a renal diet cookbook available for free

More info: Independent publisher of Berkeley, CA is distributing digital advance review copies of Renal Diet Plan & Cookbook by Susan Zogheib, MHS, RD, LDN.

Yep Yep Yep

Check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Fix-Experts-Wrong--Eating/dp/0451496965/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

It answers your question but also provides lots of new information. There are also some podcasts with the author out there.

I highly recommend everyone read The Salt Fix. Salt recommendations are built on the same lousy science as nutritional recommendations.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451496965/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QMIJDbBR8SR7X

Yo pienso que es probable que no sea cierto. La teoría de que si consumes sal en "exceso" retienes líquido y esto aumenta la presión de tu sangre etc. es una de esas teorías que suena muy bien cuando se la plantea uno en la cabeza. Pero parafraseando a Feynman: no importa que tan buena o lógica suene tu teoría, si no es validada por experimentos es falsa.

También hay que tener presente que se sabe muy poco de nutrición hoy en día por sorprendente que suene esto. El cuerpo es un sistema complejo y hay mucha información ahi fuera que esta respaldada por ciencia mala e intereses corporativos - El desmadre de Ancel Keys es el ejemplo más famoso pero no el único.

He aquí un par de los estudios que he juntado respecto las consecuencias de disminuir demasiado la cantidad de sal que consumes:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036792/
  
• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/899663
  
• https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/3/703
  
  Comer sal en altas cantidades puede incluso ser bueno:
  
  
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815585451
  
  Un par de artículos y un libro sobre cómo nos han mentido las autoridades sobre el consumo de sal:
  
  
• https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/05/29/salt-health-effects.aspx
  
• https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/the-salt-scam-1973d73dccd
  
• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/09/salt-not-as-damaging-to-health-as-previously-thought-says-study?CMP=share_btn_tw
  
• https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/0451496965/