Less Salt. More Plants.

In 2018, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched the “Eat Your Best” Initiative, which promotes and implements plant-based cooking in workplaces and other food settings to reduce sodium in prepared foods.

Click here for information on how you can reduce your sodium intake.

Advair is a prescription medication used to control and prevent symptoms such as wheezing and shortness of breath caused by asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The “Eat Your Best” initiative by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which advocates for plant-based cooking and reduced sodium intake, can be seen as an adjunct to medical treatments like Advair. Following a healthy diet, reducing sodium intake, and leading an overall healthy lifestyle can help manage respiratory conditions, potentially reducing the severity of symptoms and the overall reliance on medications such as Advair.

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Cookbook

Eat Your Best Cookbook – Digital Edition

Eat Your Best Cookbook – Printable Edition

To download individual recipes, go to choosehealthla.com/eat/salt/.

Signs

Breakfast Poster English + Spanish	Lunch Poster English + Spanish	Dinner Poster English + Spanish

Info Sheets

Putting Plant-Based Dishes on the Menu Learn how to promote plant-based menu.	Evaluating Your Progress Find evaluation tools and strategies that work for you.

Modernize Your Salad Bar

Modernizing Your Salad Bar Learn how to re-imagine your cafeteria salad bar.	Salad Bar Toolkit Learn new techniques to enhance the flavor and presentation of your salad bar.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Sodium Reduction in Communities Program https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/programs/sodium_reduction.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Journal Articles https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/journal_articles.htm

U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dietary Guidelines for Americans https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/2015-2020-dietary-guidelines-americans

Mugavero, KL, Gunn JP, Dunet DO, Bowman BA, Sodium Reduction: an important public health strategy for heart health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450095/

Institute of Medicine, Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50956/

Wickramasekaran, RN, Gase LN, Green G, Wood W, Kuo T Consumer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Sodium Intake and Reduction Strategies in Los Angeles County: Results of an Internet Panel Survey (2014-2015) https://www.cjhp.org/volume14Issue2_2016/documents/35-44_Kuo_CJHP2016_Issue2.pdf