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Drinking vinegar for health, tips for lowering sodium intake

Chiropractic Economics January 21, 2020

Use different types of wine (including rice wine) and drinking vinegar for health.(including flavored vinegars.) A reduction of vinegar, wine or...

For people who need to cut back on their daily intake of sodium to control blood pressure and lower the risk of stroke, the key may be in home cooking, including drinking vinegar for health.

Most sodium in the diet comes from prepackaged foods and restaurants. Home-cooked meals can be fast, easy, delicious and, above all, better for your health than most restaurant and prepared meals from supermarkets. That’s the message that culinary dietitian Gavin Pritchard, RD, from Greenwich Hospital’s Weight Loss & Diabetes Center, drives home in his ‘In the Kitchen” series of cooking classes.

“As dietitians we often tell people to take things away from their diet. I like to tell people they don’t have to eliminate things they like, but back off on the amount you use. I prefer to emphasize adding things, in this case – herbs and spices.”

Tips for using less sodium, drinking vinegar for health

Here are 10 Tips from Gavin Pritchard to encourage you to put down the saltshaker and add spices to enhance flavor and improve your health:

1. Treat yourself to fresh herbs, readily available in supermarkets, on occasion, and keep a good assortment of dried spices on hand for convenience.

2. Replace your dried herbs and spices every six months for most robust flavor. Mark spice bottles with the purchase date so you know when to replace them.

3. Be generous with herbs. It’s hard to add too many fresh herbs like parsley, dill, tarragon, basil or rosemary. However, it’s easy to overpower a dish with too many fresh spices like cloves or nutmeg.

4. Let your taste buds be your guide. When adding herbs and spices, add gradually and taste as you go. You’ll know when it’s to your liking. This prevents you from overdoing it.

5. If you’re using dried herbs, add them early in the cooking process so they reconstitute. If using fresh herbs, add a little in the beginning, and then add a big bunch toward the end of cooking to get a boost of both flavor and color.

6. Use different types of wine (including rice wine) and drinking vinegar for health.

(including flavored vinegars.) A reduction of vinegar, wine or a combination makes a powerfully tasty sauce without the need to add salt or fat.

7. Shop for garlic powder rather than garlic salt, onion powder rather than onion salt, and read the ingredients when you buy dried spices to make sure there is no added salt in the product.

8. Make your own blends of seasoned salt, using the flavors you like the most. Add salt if you like, but not enough to dominate the ingredient list. Crush dried herbs between your palms before adding to spice mixes. This will release the oils to produce more flavor.

9. For more intense flavor, toast whole spices over high heat in a dry, heavy skillet before grinding them into a powder. This helps to release more flavor. Heat, while stirring, until you can smell the spice. Let cool before grinding.

10. If possible, buy whole spices and grind as you need them for more potent flavor. Purchase an inexpensive coffee grinder to use strictly for grinding spices, making sure to clean the grinder well after each use.

Source: Greenwich Hospital

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