Sodium

Irishb118
Irishb118 Posts: 25 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I just made a bag of the Birds Eye steam fresh plain Brussels sprouts. How in the world is there sodium in PLAIN veggies?????

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  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    It's still "processed"

    If you want fresh, you have to grow it yourself and pick them out of the ground..
  • horrorfan
    horrorfan Posts: 42 Member
    The same way avocados and olives are so high in fat even though they are healthy. All brussel sprouts have sodium, granted they only have around 20g per serving. Be careful with Bird's eye, though. Their mixed veggies have FAT in them. FAT in "FRESH VEGGIES". It's part of the processed food like I guess :/
  • meganjcallaghan
    meganjcallaghan Posts: 949 Member
    Even unprocessed foods can have sodium. Lots of vegetables do. Carrots, Celery etc....not usually a whole LOT, but it's there
  • NerdyTXChick
    NerdyTXChick Posts: 155 Member
    Fresh fruits and veggies have naturally occurring sodium content, and usually at least a little fat as well.
  • AmykinsCatfood
    AmykinsCatfood Posts: 599 Member
    Sodium is a nutrient, found in the ground and water. Vegetables grow in the ground and grow with water, therefore they will absorb some of those nutrients. Simple science, really.
  • MBrothers22
    MBrothers22 Posts: 323 Member
    More importantly why does it matter? Do you have high blood pressure or some medical reason to watch sodium?
  • Hitesc
    Hitesc Posts: 86 Member
    More importantly why does it matter? Do you have high blood pressure or some medical reason to watch sodium?
    yeh... that he said.... and also.. salt is just another thing for NaCl and Na is essential for most life on earth to carry on with transporting things in the body
  • Maleficent0241
    Maleficent0241 Posts: 386 Member
    The same way avocados and olives are so high in fat even though they are healthy. All brussel sprouts have sodium, granted they only have around 20g per serving. Be careful with Bird's eye, though. Their mixed veggies have FAT in them. FAT in "FRESH VEGGIES". It's part of the processed food like I guess :/

    20mg I hope!

    Just looked up their mixed vegetables. 0.47g of fat per serving. I'm thinking it is just naturally occurring fat - that's hardly anything.

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