For many Americans, salt is poison. If you have heart failure, you're one of them. In this book, you'll find down-to-earth, practical information on why salt is bad for people like you and demonstrates easy and creative ways for you to control its consumption. Inside, you'll find inspiration and support, along with solid, scientifically based information presented with a humorous tone. You won't find tofu, soy, or bulgur wheat in any of the recipes, but we're pretty sure you won't miss them. This guide is packed with more than 365 tasty, tried-and-true recipes (with sodium analyses for all) and menus that show you how possible it really is to improve your health, well-being, and quality of life by thinking of a low-sodium diet in a different way. You can feel better and decrease your risk of hospital visits by making low-salt living your way of life, and this book will support you at every step. You can do it, and you don't have to suffer while you do This educational cookbook is beautifully designed and easy to read. You'll find a comprehensive sodium-content listing plus a detailed, cross-referenced index to help you find the perfect recipe. "The Handbook of Low-Salt Living," now in its 3rd edition, is available to the public for the first time, so you can use the same book hospitals give to their heart failure patients. You'll find it so essential to your meal planning and cooking, it will undoubtedly become a fixture on your kitchen countertop.