Minimum salt and sugar

PWHF

lgfrie wrote: »

PWHF wrote: »

As I suspected I've gone through several of the regular foods I log that have 0 sodium and updated them with actual values. My typical daily intake has gone from way under to almost 2g over...

That is a real problem on MFP - people creating entries without the sodium # or other #'s they aren't interested in. When I create a Food entry, I enter all fields which the manufacturer provides, as kind of a contribution to the public square, since the only #'s I care about are calories, sodium, and protein.

Always check an MFP entry in detail before using. Always.

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Now I've entered the sodium numbers that were previously 0 for my most regular foods I'm over double the recommended amount in MFP. Keeping this in check is going to be a real challenge. Turns out my protein shake on it's own is 1170 mg - that's getting on for 50% of my daily recommended right there. Anything processed or ready prepared is high and any meat substitute has ridiculous amounts of salt in it.

Should probably start a new thread (if there isn't one already) about how do you keep your salt/sodium in the green on MFP...

lgfrie

PWHF wrote: »

lgfrie wrote: »

PWHF wrote: »

As I suspected I've gone through several of the regular foods I log that have 0 sodium and updated them with actual values. My typical daily intake has gone from way under to almost 2g over...

That is a real problem on MFP - people creating entries without the sodium # or other #'s they aren't interested in. When I create a Food entry, I enter all fields which the manufacturer provides, as kind of a contribution to the public square, since the only #'s I care about are calories, sodium, and protein.

Always check an MFP entry in detail before using. Always.

This

Now I've entered the sodium numbers that were previously 0 for my most regular foods I'm over double the recommended amount in MFP. Keeping this in check is going to be a real challenge. Turns out my protein shake on it's own is 1170 mg - that's getting on for 50% of my daily recommended right there. Anything processed or ready prepared is high and any meat substitute has ridiculous amounts of salt in it.

Should probably start a new thread (if there isn't one already) about how do you keep your salt/sodium in the green on MFP...

1170 is reaaaallllllly excessive for a protein shake. That'd be better called a salt shake with protein added!

You are quite right, almost all processed foods, including meat substitutes, are very high in sodium.

From personal experience, it isn't very hard to transition to a reasonable 2000-2500 mg/day. Meats and vegetables have just trace amounts of sodium, and many other foods are reasonable too, except for highly processed foods. Ready prepared meals can be OK; I get meals delivered from a local company, Mighty Meals, that are quite reasonable sodium wise. The most important thing to keep in mind is that you do adjust to having less sodium and once you've made the adjustment, it's easy.

For instance, I get premium no salt added tuna delivered from Amazon. First time I had a can, I couldn't believe how bland it was LOL But over a few weeks I developed a taste for it. Now, other tuna tastes like a can of salt with a little tuna squeezed in and this premium stuff is loaded with actual tuna flavor and the only tuna I will eat. Same with Boars Head turkey no salt added - at first it was like, "wow, that has no flavor" but later on I realized it actually tastes like ... turkey, just like on Thanksgiving, and not a salt stick with turkey flavoring. Your taste buds and mind do adjust. The American diet is soaked in salt and it isn't hard to readjust to normal foods that occur in nature.

Any doctor -- and really, that'd be "any" doctor, because they all agree on this, and I've literally never met a doctor who wasn't adamant about it -- would tell you that getting your sodium down to something like MFP's recommended 2300 mg/day is one of the best things you can do for your health and lifespan. The American Heart Association says 1500, which is harder. I strive for that number; sometimes I make it, often I don't. But in general, no more 1170 mg shakes, for that kind of sodium ingestion, you may as well have a big, fat salami sub, which will taste better and give you all the protein of the shake too LOL

kimny72

PWHF wrote: »

lgfrie wrote: »

PWHF wrote: »

As I suspected I've gone through several of the regular foods I log that have 0 sodium and updated them with actual values. My typical daily intake has gone from way under to almost 2g over...

That is a real problem on MFP - people creating entries without the sodium # or other #'s they aren't interested in. When I create a Food entry, I enter all fields which the manufacturer provides, as kind of a contribution to the public square, since the only #'s I care about are calories, sodium, and protein.

Always check an MFP entry in detail before using. Always.

This

Now I've entered the sodium numbers that were previously 0 for my most regular foods I'm over double the recommended amount in MFP. Keeping this in check is going to be a real challenge. Turns out my protein shake on it's own is 1170 mg - that's getting on for 50% of my daily recommended right there. Anything processed or ready prepared is high and any meat substitute has ridiculous amounts of salt in it.

Should probably start a new thread (if there isn't one already) about how do you keep your salt/sodium in the green on MFP...

What protein powder are you using or what are you adding to your shake that adds that much sodium?

PWHF

This one here:

https://www.vivolife.co.uk/products/perform

Nutritional Values Per 100g Per 36g scoop
Energy (kcal) 1557kj / 368kcal 560kj / 132kcal
Fat 3.6g 1.30g
Of which saturates 0.4g 0.14g
Carbohydrates 11.5g 4.14g
of which sugars 0.3g 0.11g
Fibre 5g 1.8g
Protein 70g 25g
Salt 3.26g 1.17g

lemurcat2

PWHF wrote: »

This one here:

https://www.vivolife.co.uk/products/perform

Nutritional Values Per 100g Per 36g scoop
Energy (kcal) 1557kj / 368kcal 560kj / 132kcal
Fat 3.6g 1.30g
Of which saturates 0.4g 0.14g
Carbohydrates 11.5g 4.14g
of which sugars 0.3g 0.11g
Fibre 5g 1.8g
Protein 70g 25g
Salt 3.26g 1.17g

Salt is not only sodium. That's 461 mg of sodium per serving.