Season-It Blog

Search :

Checkout :

Track Order :

Home :

Site Map

Home ► Season It Blog

Quick Search

Family Collection

Sportsmens Collection

Featured Items

9 Pack Special - All 9 bottles + Both Cookbooks = Our Best DealAll 9 tasty salt free seasonings includes a no potassium salt substitute, chicken, poultry, pork, and vegetable seasoning, baking, broiling & barbecue seasoning, beef, lamb, ground meats and bean seasoning, fish and seafood seasoning, hot & spicy seasoning, wild game seasoning, game bird & waterfowl seasoning, chili seasoning, salt free cookbook, wild game cookbook in gift box

Family Collection - 6 Seasonings + Cookbook = BIG SAVINGSBenson's Family Collection includes 6 bottles one of each of our 6 most popular salt free seasoning blends + Free Salt Free Cookbook + the 6th bottle is Free = Big Savings.

Sportsmens Collection = Wild Game Seasonings + Wild Game CookbookThe Sportsmen's Collection makes a very unique gift for the hunter, or the one who is cooking wild game, and don't forget the adventurous everyday cook who is looking for more flavor, as these blends are very unique and flavorful salt free seasonings. Included are three seasonings: for wild game - both big and small game, game birds and waterfowl, and a Tex-Mex chili seasoning and includes our Wild Game Cookbook.

Hi Everybody,

Debbie Benson here...

This is where I can tell you about what I know, what I have found-out, and here I can also rant a bit.

From time to time, I come across information that I want to tell you about but didn't know where to put it or how to do let you know about it. I am slow and a bit intimidated about my writing skills, as you can see by the big gap in my newsletters and articles, but now when I find information or a tip that I want to tell you about, I can tell you on this blog.

Since I was a little girl I have been aware of sodium, both high and low, as you learned in my first Season-It Newsletter. Starting Benson's Gourmet Seasonings has been a dream come true.

Even though we (Mom and I) started this company with a salt substitute for Mom's popcorn, we really focused this business about flavor. Seasoning the food for aroma and flavor and using the salt substitute for foods that you didn't really season like popcorn, eggs and fresh tomatoes. Today however, the search for folks is for the salty flavor they're missing and sort of forgetting about seasonings for more flavorful food. More about this later.

My main focus here will be information to help you follow a low sodium diet and more. Information about seasonings, herbs, spices and to help teach you how to create flavor without salt. Giving you tips, tricks, cooking techniques that are especially focused for a low sodium diet. This includes a things you can do to help your heart and lower your blood pressure. Following a low sodium diet is one of the first steps.

I also have a strong passion for those of you with kidney disease or are on dialysis, which often follows heart or high blood pressure problems. I want to help as many as I can to stay off dialysis. Those of you on dialysis I want to help you enjoy your food, as you are on one of the most restricted diets.

We will also cover diabetes and the diabetic diet. A low sodium diet applies to diabetics a well. I know many diabetics seem to just think of getting rid of and watching the sugar. You should be aware that many low sugar or sugar-free products can be and often are high in sodium. Diabetics should also follow a low sodium diet. Heart attacks are the #1 cause of death for diabetics. Also diabetes is the main cause of amputations in the US and a major cause of blindness and eye problems. Diabetic cooking, low carb cooking and general information about sugar, sugar substitutes and the glycemic index, will be covered.

Popular terms or topics, like vegetarian, gluten free, low carb, low fat, and heart healthy, which all tend to be high or at least higher in sodium, will be covered.

As I learn, and find helpful information, tips, products, recipes and websites, I will share the information with you here. Then, you can follow-up and do your own research and make your own, more informed decisions regarding your health, or the health of a loved one. Knowledge helps you and gives you power.

It's not just about what you don't do or can't have. It's also about things you can or should do or add that can make a difference.

Here we go...

Doc says "No Salt", now what.... where do I start?

First step: Take the salt shaker off the table and don't add salt to your cooking. Just don't do it. Tip: You don't need to add salt to water when cooking potatotes, rice, pasta or even oatmeal. Your toppings will be enough to flavor them.

Just eliminating salt from the table and your cooking, is a huge step in reducing the sodium in your diet.

One teaspoon of table salt is 2368mg of sodium, let's round that to 2400mg of sodium. A serving size is 1/4 teaspoon which would be 600mg of sodium. So just a teaspoon of salt is over the total daily sodium allowance of 2000mg on a typical low sodium diet. This total should be lower. We'll go into that later.

Take This Sodium Quiz & Increase Your Sodium Smarts

I just found this sodium quiz on the consumer reports health website and found it very interesting and enlightening. They went to the grocery store and even a popular restaurant to compare sodium amounts. Some or most of the answers will surprise you. I even missed 2 of the questions.

Click this link and take the Sodium Quiz.

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-living/diet-nutrition/diets-dieting/sodium-in-food/sodium-quiz/sodium-quiz.htm

Enjoy and learn from this quiz.