GopherIt2's Journal, 29 Mar 24

Good job!!! Don’t worry about not liking eggs. Protein powder (in moderation), has a lot of protein too. Surprisingly, peas 🫛 have more protein than beans! You can make peas a main dish instead of a side vegetable, for extra protein. Try split pea soup, in moderation if it’s from a can, even if it’s low sodium. Low sodium soup usually still has a lot of sodium. I do eat too much sodium, but at least I know about it… Also, since sugar/refined carbs are the only thing with *zero* protein, you can eat a surprising amount of it just by eating whole foods, whether the whole foods are in the “protein” food group or not! 

Laine, I stopped eating commercially-prepared anything 99% of the time and am doing so much better in every way. I could be talked into Habitant yellow split-pea soup from a can ;-). It's the best-ever French-Canadian canned soup in N.A.! Hey, friend, what's wrong with salt?? Joking. I like salt but my body prefers the minimally processed natural ones over, for instance, Morton regular table salt. Makes a big difference to my daughter's blood pressure. Regular raises it, pink doesn't.  

Nothing is wrong with (one or two small dashes, for a healthy person*) of salt on unprocessed food! The problem is either lots of dashes of salt, or processed foods, even seemingly healthy ones like “low-sodium,” plant-based soups. Is a “low-sodium” soup, especially a plant-based one, a better choice than high-sodium canned soup or potato chips? Of course, but not ideal or even close lol! *less if you have restrictions