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What am I eating?
First, I read in BBC
Food labelling: What does it say on the tin?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14045305
We are always being told to reduce our salt intake and not exceed 6g a day, but it's not so easy to work out how much you're...
Started by Richard Potato on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at mobtalk):
6g of salt is .4....
First you remember that salt is sodium chloride [one atom each ratio about 23 to 35.5, total about 58, so the sodium is about 23/58 = 40% of salt, by weight.
The ratio is constant for any amount.
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Not important but I'm curious when I look at food contents.
When you see for example Fat 20g.. of which saturates 8g.. to me that says 8g of the 20g fat is saturated fat.. am I right so far?
Salt is different.. Sodium 0.3g , salt 0.8g.
What is that saying...
Started by AcidVenus on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at digitalspy):
Salt is Sodium Chloride -
sodium on its own is a very reactive metal -it is usually kept under oil sodium 23g & chloride 35.5g
The 'problem' is that salt cannot be determined directly, it can only be estimated as the....
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This site is really good for monitoring calorie fat carbs and protien but what about the salt we consume? my family has a history of hypertension (one of the causes of which is too much salt in the diet)and would really like a system that monitors the...
Started by Hughes899 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at fatsecret):
From the home page --go to my fat secret--my account-- click sodium from the choices at the bottom.
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How important is it to your diet concerning weight loss? Say if ur eating clean, on restricted calories etc, you get your right protein, fats but are going over on your sodium intake?
I say this because 1 of my favourite meals are anything to do with ...
Started by rozzer58 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at sherdog):
If you.
If you need to actually cut weight, for a competition or something, stay away from sodium.
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How many people watch there sodium intake year round to keep blood pressure down.
Started by tornquad2 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at professionalmuscle):
Sometimes I may add some back in the morning....
So the only day I delete my sodium is the Friday before a show.
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Http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/0 ... -the-bread
Quote: : It's no secret that some of the tastiest snacks around — potato chips, french fries, and processed deli meats — are terrific vehicles for salt. Without salt, they'd be bland, too starchy,...
Started by treatment on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at arstechnica):
SureYeah some of the salt....
I saw somewhere the average American diet contains ~3300mg of sodium/day.
Granted, you don't amounts of salt.
That's around 4.5g of salt, or 2.3g of sodium - about the daily recommended intake.
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K I am realizing how much sodium is in everything and I am not just talking prepared meals I am talking seasoning and other items. What are some things you use to add flavor without adding sodium?
Thanks
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at myfitnesspal):
Love me some fresh basil! lol Also,....
Fresh herbs and spices do it for me.
Maybe give us some foods you're eating and we can make some direct suggestions? I use savory dishes, and tend to add little or no salt to my meals.
It in sea salt.
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So as me and my better half were dining on some McDonald's fries, I noticed the fries container said something like sodium 12% recommended daily allowance (or maybe 18% but thats not important). She said how do they know its only that and not more, considering...
Started by Joessfl on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at thehuddle):
Ok maybe I can clarify, I checked their....
I suspect that there's a sh1t-ton of salt on them.
Big | 2011
You Only Dy Twice | Q there's like 3-4 servings in a container .
Live and Let Dy | Mr.
I suspect that there's a sh1t-ton of salt on them.
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Http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/0 ... -each-day/
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Tuesday that a whopping 90 percent of all Americans consume much more than the daily recommended amount of sodium.
Currently...
Started by by GSlob on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at darwincentral):
I guess I'm fortunate....
I am neither a superman nor a willpower titan like Erich Ludendorff, but I have been limiting my salt intake it will not be.
It is perfectly possible to limit one's salt intake, and it is easy to do so.
Deficiency.
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Hey guys! I need your help on a couple of things.. but first let me give you a little information. I took my blood pressure 3 different times and I am borderline hypertension. My first number was 119,118,120 and my second number was in the normal regions...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at myfitnesspal):
Not a substitute for eating less sodium not be your diet or sodium....
Drink more water.
I NEVER add salt to anything yet but sodium has been have salt as their first ingredient.
I'm working on lowering my sodium as well.
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