how much salt is too much salt?

brooshie

whenever i make my garlic chicken, i tend to simply put garlic powder, pepper, and salt on it. otherwise, it just seems to taste way too bland for me.

however, am i being completely irresponsible by putting salt on it? or is a little bit for flavor no big deal?

MuddyEquestrian

as long as you're not loading it with salt (make sure to measure) and aren't taking in a lot of it during the day then you'll be fine! Just don't make it a habit of putting it on your meal every day...

brooshie

i mean when i bake the chicken i put some on it.

otherwise, the salt shaker doesn't exist in any of my meals (as an extra)

AnninStPaul

as long as you're not loading it with salt (make sure to measure) and aren't taking in a lot of it during the day then you'll be fine! Just don't make it a habit of putting it on your meal every day...

Most of the "salt overage" people get is from prepared foods -- a can of soup usually has about 10 teaspoons worth of sodium. I doubt you are using that much to season a whole bird.

brooshie

as long as you're not loading it with salt (make sure to measure) and aren't taking in a lot of it during the day then you'll be fine! Just don't make it a habit of putting it on your meal every day...

Most of the "salt overage" people get is from prepared foods -- a can of soup usually has about 10 teaspoons worth of sodium. I doubt you are using that much to season a whole bird.

if i had to guess, i probably only use about 1.5-2 teaspoons for 5 lbs of chicken.

chubby_checkers

http://www.livestrong.com/article/483536-what-is-a-good-sodium-intake-in-a-day/

http://www.cdc.gov/salt/

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyDietGoals/Sodium-Salt-or-Sodium-Chloride_UCM_303290_Article.jsp

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09354.html

Some info if you want it.

cheerforsteelers

I've been working with a nutritionist and she told me to stay 1500mg/day or below. Maybe that's just for me though, but processed foods/canned foods usually have a lot of salt.

kaervaak

Depends on how much you sweat. If you work out hard or live in a hot climate where you're sweating all the time, you need more salt than someone who doesn't.