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sodium content in beet greens???

mjrc2
mjrc2 Posts: 121 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How on earth does fresh steamed beet greens, plain with no added salt have SO MUCH sodium? Someone please explain!

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Are you sure you have an accurate database entry?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    USDA database gives me a value of 78 mg of sodium for 100 grams of raw beet greens.
  • mjrc2
    mjrc2 Posts: 121 Member
    Yeah, I think the website's info is a little off, it has 600+ mg of sodium for 1 cup of beet greens, Thanks, I thought that # was crazy-I will be fixing that tonight. I have to figure out how to add my own stuff on the food tracker...there has got to be a more efficient way.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    mjrc2 wrote: »
    Yeah, I think the website's info is a little off, it has 600+ mg of sodium for 1 cup of beet greens, Thanks, I thought that # was crazy-I will be fixing that tonight. I have to figure out how to add my own stuff on the food tracker...there has got to be a more efficient way.

    when you're using the database and looking for fresh veggies, meats, etc just tag it with USDA...ie "beet greens USDA" or some such thing.
  • mjrc2
    mjrc2 Posts: 121 Member
    Thanks!
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