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salt substitutes for cancer patients?

My grandma was diagnosed with lung cancer, and will be going through chemotherapy along with a great nutrition plan from “Beating Cancer with Nutrition”. However, her holistic doctor recommended to try an alkaline diet (basic foods, non-acidic). So she needs to have low salt, but a lot of recipes call for salt. Anyways, my question is, is there a substitute for salt that will be good for a cancer patient?

Just leave out the salt.

Salt is generally used for 2 purposes, flavoring and preservation.

Unless you are planning to store the food for a length of time, the main reason for it to be in the recipe is flavoring.

People quickly adapt to a low salt diet and enjoy the flavors that used to be hidden by salt. Often a bland diet is better for cancer patients as their treatments often leave them nauseous.

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