Is potassium a kind of salt?
Striking a Balance: Less Sodium (Salt), More Potassium. In your battle against high blood pressure, sodium (salt)
is your enemy. Avoiding that enemy is your primary weapon, but you also
have an ally that many people don't know about: eating more potassium
Meniere's symptoms generally result from having excess fluid within your
inner ear. This condition is called ‘endolymphatic hydrops’. Eating too
much salt (sodium) increases this fluid, making your symptoms worse and
even causing vertigo attacks.
Cutting back on salt in your diet is a key strategy in managing Meniere's. This includes the salt found in many processed foods – often you are not aware it is there and need to check the food labelling. See our recommended links section for more information. Remember to inform your doctor before commencing a low salt diet especially if you are taking prescribed medications, eg. diuretics.
An acceptable level of sodium is no more than 120mg per 100g of food. Nearly all fresh foods are naturally low in salt. Many processed foods are not low in salt. Over 75% of our salt intake comes from the salt (or other forms of sodium such as baking powder) that is added to processed foods.
Download the following guidelines (pdf documents) for choosing low salt foods. These documents were produced to help you understand the importance of a low salt diet for all Australians and especially for people with Meniere’s who want to control their vertigo.
Cutting back on salt in your diet is a key strategy in managing Meniere's. This includes the salt found in many processed foods – often you are not aware it is there and need to check the food labelling. See our recommended links section for more information. Remember to inform your doctor before commencing a low salt diet especially if you are taking prescribed medications, eg. diuretics.
An acceptable level of sodium is no more than 120mg per 100g of food. Nearly all fresh foods are naturally low in salt. Many processed foods are not low in salt. Over 75% of our salt intake comes from the salt (or other forms of sodium such as baking powder) that is added to processed foods.
Download the following guidelines (pdf documents) for choosing low salt foods. These documents were produced to help you understand the importance of a low salt diet for all Australians and especially for people with Meniere’s who want to control their vertigo.
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