calculating sodium

Kdon15
Kdon15 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
How does mightiness conclude that 100g of spinach leaves contain 79g of sodium, can that be right?

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    I don't know. Can it?
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Yes, it can be right. It probably is right.
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Sounds right.... one serving of spinach from Del Monte contains 30 calories, and 260g of sodium.

    If you don't have medical diagnosed issues with sodium intake, don't worry about it.
  • wkwebby
    wkwebby Posts: 807 Member
    Everything contains sodium in it (this would include meat and veggies) even if you haven't added any into or onto it. Living organisms need sodium to live (so do we, by the way). So if there is zero sodium in an MFP food entry, the entry is definitely wrong, unless it was a non-living thing (i.e. something artificial like Splenda, or vitamins, etc.).
  • emodavis
    emodavis Posts: 44 Member
    wkwebby wrote: »
    Everything contains sodium in it (this would include meat and veggies) even if you haven't added any into or onto it. Living organisms need sodium to live (so do we, by the way). So if there is zero sodium in an MFP food entry, the entry is definitely wrong, unless it was a non-living thing (i.e. something artificial like Splenda, or vitamins, etc.).


    Incorrect. Most fruits and fats (lard, many oils, etc) are completely sodium free.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    martyqueen52 wrote: »
    Sounds right.... one serving of spinach from Del Monte contains 30 calories, and 260g of sodium.

    If you don't have medical diagnosed issues with sodium intake, don't worry about it.
    Many health experts suggest keeping an eye on sodium even if you don't have a cardiovascular problem...so that you don't get diagnosed with one.

    Lots of good info here: http://sodiumbreakup.heart.org/sodium-411/
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    Kdon15 wrote: »
    How does mightiness conclude that 100g of spinach leaves contain 79g of sodium, can that be right?
    martyqueen52 wrote: »
    Sounds right.... one serving of spinach from Del Monte contains 30 calories, and 260g of sodium.

    If you don't have medical diagnosed issues with sodium intake, don't worry about it.
    One serving of Del Monte has 260mg (milligrams) of sodium, not grams.

    OP, Google says that 100g of spinach has 79 milligrams of sodium so your source probably just accidentally typed "g" rather than "mg" for the amount.
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