I try and watch how much sodium I take now after I cured my hypertension this year.
I suffered a bout of hypertension too, which meant changing some of my eating habits.
For years, I used to eat on the fly, grabbing whatever I could to shove in my face. Fast food almost every day. Quick, cheap, scarf down a burger and fries.
Breakfast was usually pop tarts and coffee during my commute. The few times I was home, nuke a TV dinner or Chef Boyardee. Not exactly the best choices, but I thought, who has time to eat properly?
A few decades later, I found a 50-year-old can't eat like that anymore.
Now, I have 3 carbs for breakfast: oatmeal, yogurt, and an apple. Small glass of milk, small glass of juice.
Lunch/dinner: 4 ounces of protein (usually turkey, chicken, or fish), salad, 1 carb, another apple, and I'm full.
Snacks- unsalted nuts, jello, maybe a bowl of cereal ( no sugar bombs, but Rice Krispies or such).
Such a diet may not work for everyone, but it's better than how I used to eat.
Salty foods? I miss pizza and Chinese the most. Maybe someday I can have them again, in moderation.
But Americans binge on a lot. If not binge tv, binge eating. Both have consequences.