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Welcome to Low Salt Low Fat Eating, the blog companion to www.LowSaltLowFat.com. Like the website, the purpose of this blog is neither to advocate such diets nor promote the health benefits of such diets as I have no professional qualifications in this area. Rather this site is intended to serve as a resource for those, like me, who have been advised by medical personnel to switch to such a diet. Unfortunately, the people who do have the right qualifications usually don't know how to give practical advice and often treat low salt and low fat as independent issues.

This blog will focus on news related to LSLF diets and products that are of benefit to people on such diets. I may also include new additions to the LSLF "Hall of Shame" where we commemorate commercial products that are especially irresponsible or are merchandised in a misleading way.



Let's start with 4 cream cheese-like products for breakfast:

The first 3 are nonfat or low fat farmer's cheeses:

• Fresh Made Non Fat Farmer Cheese

(0 g fat, 10 mg sodium/serving)

• Friendship No Salt Added Farmer Cheese

(2.5 g fat, 10 mg sodium/serving)

• Lifeway Farmer Cheese

(1 g fat, 10 mg sodium/serving)

Next is Tofutti "Better than Cream Cheese" (5 g fat, 160 mg sodium/serving). Definitely has a more cream cheese-like texture, but at the price of higher fat and salt - but no cholesterol.



The last is Fage brand "ridiculously thick" Total 0% yoghurt which is basically strained yogurt but tastes similar to cream cheese with a strong dairy flavor.

(0 mg fat, 85 mg sodium/serving.

Unfortunately, only the Fage product is likely to be found at mainstream supermarkets.

These are the compromises in maintaining a LSLF diet!