Sodium!

my6kiddies

I'm just curious if anyone here is concerned with sodium intake. Ideally we should have around 2,000mg of sodium daily and I'm quite sure I'm over consistently--even though I try to watch it VERY carefully and I never add salt to anything.

However, sometimes I read the boards and see some of the things people are eating and I'm a little surprised. One example is the amount of processed lunch meats, turkey pepperoni, etc. that contains TONS of sodium. Turkey pepperoni has 557mg of sodium. I noticed someone talking about Amy's veggie lasagna so I went to Whole Foods and checked it out...its has 720mg of sodium.

Am I over-concerned about sodium intake?

yarwell

Am I over-concerned about sodium intake?

Possibly. Your kidneys and associated systems will get rid of any surplus, but with carbohydrates you tend to hang on to sodium to some extent, and water with it.

http://www.jumpstartmd.com/part-1-of-2-demonizing-salt-does-it-make-sense/
http://www.jumpstartmd.com/conclusion-demonizing-salt-does-it-make-sense/