I like cooking baked goods, which takes a lot of baking powder. Do you know what's in baking powder? Two separate sodium salts, for a total of 95 mg per 1/8 teaspoon, i.e. 760 mg per teaspoon.
Then I discovered there are substitutes for baking powder, and baking soda as well, that use calcium salts in place of sodium. Get them at Ener-G Foods.
So far I have had very good luck when I use half regular and half substitute. (Just keep in mind you have to double the amount when using the substitute. For example, if the original recipe called for 1 tsp baking powder, I might use 1/2 tsp regular baking powder and 1/2 tsp x 2 = 1 tsp baking powder substitute.) I am now getting brave and trying recipes with only substitute ... we'll see how it goes.
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