Sauces add flavor, depth, and richness to meals, but many are loaded with sodium—often far more than you might expect.

Soy sauce, made with MSG and filled with umami flavor, can be a great low-sodium flavoring option. How to Use Soy Sauce ‌Soy sauce can be added to dishes such as stir fries, stews, or soups.

My regular Kikkoman soy sauce, not low sodium, has 320 mg of sodium per teaspoon. (A teaspoon is 1/3 of a tablespoon.) Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann.

First of all, traditional soy sauce is very high in sodium. Just one tablespoon contains 879 milligrams (about 38 percent of the recommended daily allowance), and chances are you use more than one ...

Higgins said that patients with moderate to severe heart failure should limit their salt intake to under 2,000 milligrams, or ...

While coconut aminos are a little bit higher in naturally-occuring sugar (from the coconut sap) than soy sauce, they also contain less than one-third the amount of sodium. For anyone on a low ...

1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce. 1 teaspoon lime juice. 1 teaspoon grated or minced garlic. ¼ cup water. ¼ cup chopped green onion, divided. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.