deducting sodium if you rinse canned foods???

amycal

Does anyone know a way to calculate this? I made a Greek salad with olives and artichoke hearts and the sodium is quite high however I drained and rinsed them before adding. Also I buy the jars of Great Northern beans for my white chili which also have high sodium but I always drain and rinse those. Am I really reducing sodium by doing this?

wiggleroom

Yes, you're reducing sodium -- but I have no idea by how much. =( Sorry!

rvice2

You may be losing some of the sodium, but because they are soaked in the juice unfortunately they are still very high in sodium. I used to always make my veggie soup and my white chicken chili or regular chili with canned food. I just started buying bags of beans and they have WAY less sodium - like none! It isn't that inconvenient either. I buy frozen mixed veggies for vegetable soup and dried beans for chili. I simply put the beans in the crock pot with water and let them soak during the night and the next day I drain add chili ingredients and water and turn the crock pot on. MUCH healthier. I do still keep a few cans on hand in case I am in a huge hurry, but I am really trying to reduce sodium. Good luck!

mariapuhl

Yeah, I'd say you're reducing the sodium by a bit, but there probably really isn't any way to figure out exactly how much you're reducing by, nor do I think it'd be *that* significant. Definitely is a good idea to do it, but I don't think there's any way to tell....

amycal

Well I found this article:

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/011110p62.shtml
It says draining and rinsing reduces the sodium by 41% I wish there were a way to edit my diary!

But I will look into dried beans. The jarred beans are so easy though!