1) each of us is torn between having H. not eat what is bad for her (high in salt processed foods) and having H. enjoy eating what is offered to her.
2) each of us probably varies in resolve to serve the right things, depending on a lot of things.
3) each of us probably has our own ideas about what is the right thing to serve, depending on what we each think is healthy enough.
4) the outside caregivers make a lot of the decisions regarding food choices. They base these choices on ? not sure, but combination of precedence, input from H., suggestions from kids (e.g., refrig posting), availability (what is in the house)
5) processed food is easily available, easily shopped for, easily stored ... which makes it so readily chosen.
6) finding food that is low-sodium and appealing to H. is trial-and-error, complicated by the factor of H. preferences varying from day to day.
I do not know what the answer is here, but I do feel we should ban the processed food served daily and substitute ?toBeDetermined? ...
I do know that soup is something that is typically acceptable (only saw H. not enjoy it once - when I served my home-made lentil minestrone) ....
I think that even low-sodium type canned soups are not low enough, haven't really investigated, though.
I know that there are some frozen soup brands sold my way that are probably lower in sodium than canned low-sodium soups, maybe they are also available in SC, I'll check next time I'm down there.
the above are just thoughts on this topic, I don't know what the solution is or what priority others would assign this topic. I think it should be of higher priority, as it is a contributor to H.'s daily quality of life (healthy food helps one feel better typically) and it will prevent diet being at cross purposed to prescribed diuretic meds and could alleviate some of the swelling.
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