Just as a follow-up to my tracking of daily sodium intake today. I came across a short article about sodium in one of my old Good Housekeeping magazines. Here's what it says:
"Nutrition guidelines say that we should get no more than 1500 to 2300 mg of sodium daily. Yet most of us consume up to double the recommended amount. Banishing the saltshaker can help, but only a little. The real villain is processed food. Here, some examples of how sodium levels can soar."
With these numbers, I definitely went over my daily sodium intake. Oops. At least I didn't double it!
The article then has a table which compares sodium levels in fresh, processed, and heavily processed foods. I can't reproduce the table here without a lot of work. But here's a link to the article: Sodium
One of the more interesting ones for me was that 2 slices of bacon had so much LESS sodium than 3 ounces of ham (370 vs 1128, respectively). Now I know that ham has a lot of sodium in it because of the curing process, but I thought 2 slices of bacon would have a lot too.
Anyway. It's an interesting read. Take a look.
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