On a low sodium diet there is really a lot that you can eat. You are just limiting your salt intake, not eliminating it. As long as you watch and control what you eat, there is not a problem. There are many foods that do not have any salt in them at all.
Things that are good to eat include breads, rolls, crackers, or bread sticks without salted tops. You can also have bagels, English muffins, most cold and hot cereals, rice, noodles and pasta. You can have low sodium vegetable juices and low sodium tomato and pasta sauces.
You can have regular tomato or vegetable juices, fresh, frozen and canned fruits, all fruit juices and milk. You can have yogurt and reduced sodium cheese as well as any fresh or frozen meat, poultry or fish.
You can have eggs and egg substitutes, low sodium peanut butter and unsalted nuts, dry peas and beans, and reduced sodium frozen dinners. These dinners need less than 800mg of sodium in each of them).
You can low sodium canned tuna, low sodium or unsalted salad dressings, soy sauce, catsup and condiments, and low sodium bouillon and soups. You can have pepper, herbs, vinegar, lemon juice, coffee tea, fruit drinks, powdered drink mixes and low sodium carbonated beverages.
Looking at this list there is really a whole lot that you can eat. A lot of it is low sodium foods that may not taste as good to you as normal foods, but they still make your options a lot larger than just fruits and vegetables.
Some good things to do are to make sure when you cook that you do not use salt. You can use other herbs and spices you help you cook and to make your meals taste delicious. It will always be better to choose fresh products over canned products.
Things to avoid because they are so high in sodium are: salt, brine, broth, pickled, smoked, soy sauce, barbecue sauce and monosodium glutamate. These things are all good things to look for in products you buy and eat.
You can eat so many things on this diet. You just need to be very careful. It is a change in diet but once you get used to it, it will not be so hard to stick to. Once you start to know exactly what you can and cannot eat, which foods have what in them etc. you can go to the store and it will become easier for you to shop for foods because you will be so used to doing it.
If you do a lot with fruits and vegetables you will not only get a lot of the nutrients from those foods but you do not have to be worried about what is in them. Fruit and vegetables are basically going to be safe. The fresher they are the safer they will be. You can make many meals with vegetables, you just need to make sure that you cook using different spices other than salt. You could use lots of things and it would taste delicious.
When you eat out, which is best not to do very often, you should look for fresher dishes and ask for your food to be cooked without salt. They will hopefully be able to accommodate you. If not you will need to make sure that the meal is the only sodium you have that day and the rest of the day be very cautious not to eat anymore.
This diet has a wide range of foods to eat and if you need to be on it, it will only take awhile and then you will be used to it and it will become a lot easier for you.