About
LOSODE — a Canadian website created out of need
In setting down my reasons for creating this web site, I lay claim to no pomposities such as a “mission statement.” Simply, in my own personal quest for more information on the availability of low sodium products in Canada, I may be able to help others as they can help me.
The present food supply chain, from manufacturer/processor to wholesaler to retailer to the public has many shortcomings. First and foremost, Canadians need a reference guide to the existence and availability of low sodium food products, enabling them to observe a balanced and healthy diet according to standards published by Health Canada. We shudder at trans fats, struggle to keep cholesterol levels down — why not look at excessive sodium in the same way?
To achieve this, we must ask ourselves, and above all those responsible for supplying the food chain, things like why in the United States is there a no-sodium tomato ketchup and so far as we know none here. And a no-sodium chicken broth while we must content ourselves with “reduced sodium” broths?
In my experience, consultant dietitians recommending low-sodium intake have varied from as high as 3,600 millligrams of sodium daily down to 1500 milligrams. In my own case, my cardioligist prefers that I hew as closely as possible to 1500 milligrams daily.
What I’m trying to do with Losode is to inform you from my own findings and to pass on to others information I may glean from you. We need ammunition with which to tell the food chain that we’re just not satisfied with the present attitude toward low sodium diets.
We shall ferret out the addresses of responsible politicians and food chain executives you can write or e-mail expressing your own dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs.
Because this site is primarily for North American readers, we shall publish information supported by the Canadian and U.S. medical professions. We will filter out dubious nostrums, looking for workable recipes with available ingredient lists that give sodium amounts correctly in milligrams.
Deepest Thanks: for the design of this site and as always, his mentoring, Bill Andersen; for an insight into the world of dietetics, Donna Andersen and for information on shopping in the U.S.A., Windsor resident Cheryl Oliver.
We’re out to create an exchange of information and ideas. We hope that the Losode site can stimulate a greater acceptance of the importance of healthy attitudes on the part of us all toward maintaining balance in our diets.
And don’t forget, you may reprint all information on this blog with credirt to Losode and in the case of signed articles, to the author.
So let’s hear from you!