It's kind of funny when I think back, because my first
husband used to constantly tell me to stop salting the food when I was cooking.
I thought it was bizarre and would use the salt anyway. Now, here we are –
avoiding salt!

As it turns out, there are really healthy alternatives to
that salt shaker. Do you ever watch cooking shows? While a few of the chefs
seem to get carried away with sprinkling a "little" more salt into
the recipe, one thing you'll always find is that at some point they will be
chopping some type of herb; it could be parsley, basil, or cilantro or a choice
of several others.
While I figured that herbs probably don't have much sodium
in them, since technically they're grown like a vegetable is, the benefits of
them astounded me!


2. Did you know that coriander is the seed of the cilantro plant?
Both give us huge reasons to use them a lot! The fact that cilantro limits
neuronal damage in the brain of Alzheimer patients caught my attention since
that is the disease I watched my father suffer through. It's also loaded with
vitamin A (225% of the Recommended Daily Allowance per 1/2 cup (100g), vitamin
K (258% of RDA) which helps with building your bones, and calcium, magnesium,
potassium, (and you KNOW that's great for blood pressure!) and a host of other
nutrients.


Point being is that these herbs have tons of flavors in
addition to all the great things they do. I only touched the surface of the
benefits of the ones I talked about here. Oh - by the way - all the herbs mentioned here have lots of potassium that'll help you out with reducing your blood pressure! : )
When you're in the produce section and spice aisle, stop by
and pick something new up and try it. It beats the salt shaker by a mile as far
as benefits go!
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REFERENCES:
"Herbs that Have Lots of Potassium" Written by Carly Roman. August 22, 2011. http://www.livestrong.com/article/523914-herbs-that-have-lots-of-potassium.
"Herbs that Have Lots of Potassium" Written by Carly Roman. August 22, 2011. http://www.livestrong.com/article/523914-herbs-that-have-lots-of-potassium.
"Basil Herb Nutrition Facts." http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/basil-herb.html.
"Cinnamon Extract Induces Tumor Cell Death Through Inhibition of NFkappaB and AP1." pubmed.gov. July 21, 2010. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20653974/