I-TIP: Reduce your sodium

It's a fact salt makes most things taste better.It's also a fact that too much sodium is bad for your heath and can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor forstrokesand other cardiovascular issues.

In Canada we eat more than twice as much salt as we should.There are lots of ways salt can sneak into our diet. Bread is often full of sodium and eating out usually means your disheswill be laced with various forms of sodium.The biggest culprit is processed food, which accounts for 77 per centof our sodium intake in Canada.

Manitobanslooking to cut down on salt canDial-a-Dietitian at 204-788-8248 or toll free at 1-877-830-2892.