Sodium! Please solve this years long debate

mtaratoot

The only way it works is this:

Take the can of soup. Dilute it with water to twice it's volume. Put half of the diluted soup in a container and put it in the fridge. Heat up the other half of the diluted soup and eat that. Boom. Half the sodium. Eat the other half another day.

CeeBeeSlim

@Dante_80. It can’t be. I had some brain cells die arguing with my dad. But if we had the same oz of vodka but I added the water and you did not - I would get less drunk, (all other things being equal), no, and the alcohol would affect me less, no? My gosh - I’m tuning into my dad.

@mtararoot - right. He either have to share his soup, save his soup, or reduce his portion size somehow for it to work.

AnnPT77

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

@Dante_80. It can’t be. I had some brain cells die arguing with my dad. But if we had the same oz of vodka but I added the water and you did not - I would get less drunk, (all other things being equal), no, and the alcohol would affect me less, no? My gosh - I’m tuning into my dad.

@mtararoot - right. He either have to share his soup, save his soup, or reduce his portion size somehow for it to work.

I think I've done that experiment . . . and I think I'd get just as drunk. I think I might have less of a hangover, mostly. N=1, though. 🤷‍♀️

janejellyroll

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

@mikhnpaitsmum Thank you, I tried that. What I think he wants to believe - so that he can continue eating his salt of course - is to reply with a “yes, I may still have that ounce of vodka in there - but because I added the water, I have therefore decreased the “bad” effects of the vodka.

What he doesn’t get is if the doc says you can’t have have more than x milligrams of sodium per day, having x milligrams of sodium plus water still means you had x milligrams of sodium. Argh!

I’m being successfully gaslit. Is diluted sodium better?!

No, no, no. Alcohol, like sodium, isn't "cancelled out" by water. If the only impact of the alcohol or sodium that you're worried about is dehydration, then adding water will obviously make a difference. But your total alcohol (or sodium) consumption will still be relevant, even if you're fully hydrated.

If I add a ounce of water to every ounce of vodka that I drink, I still have to process all the alcohol. Same for sodium.

Dante_80

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

@Dante_80. It can’t be. I had some brain cells die arguing with my dad. But if we had the same oz of vodka but I added the water and you did not - I would get less drunk, (all other things being equal), no, and the alcohol would affect me less, no?

You'd actually still be drunk and get nocturnia as a bonus..

Ok, do the following. Split the soup in half, add enough water to get to his usual portion size, and tell him to not complain about taste because diluting the sodium was his idea. If he wants the other watered half...give it to him, he probably won't be able to eat it if he is already full from the first one.

Beverly2Hansen

So to fix this learn to make 7-8 soups that are very different and can them in Mason jars. I make soups for part of my weightloss cycle and I make them low sodium because it's cheaper and more satisfying than store bought. My dad who is 60's and loves salt+ sugar has no clue my soups are low sodium and eats them. I do egg drop soup, chicken noodle(I use gluten free noodles that add protein), cabbage soup, turkey and wild rice, 3 bean chilli and more. That's the work around that I personally found. You can also freeze them in 12 jar batches. Personally I do egg drop soup in a pot, cabbage soup in a crock pot and chicken noodle in a crock pot at the same time and freeze some but put some in the fridge. I also switched our home to dairy free and saw a reduction in sodium levels. I know that's not your question but my pops is a stubborn mule and I want him to see his granddaughter graduate Highschool.

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