Nasty Surprise Involving Soy Sauce

shortnerdy

Hey folks,

So after reading another random thread about a lady's food diary asking for opinions, someone mentioned her sodium was way too high and explained how to add sodium to the diary to it's viewable.

I turned mine on and I knew Soy Sauce was high in salt but HOLY COW!!! My eyes are open now and I will be cutting back ALOT!

Anyone else have a wake up call like this involving a food you didn't think was "that bad" if so what was it?

JacksMom12

I was shocked when it came to serving sizes for 3 things in particalar: nuts and nut butter, coffee creamer, and cereal. When I stopped "eyeballing" and pulled out my measuring cups and spoons, I was shocked!

shortnerdy

The nuts one I can relate to for sure! Also cheese.

meshashesha2012

the coffee creamer serving size gets me too. 1 serving is a teaspoon?? i easily use 10 times that

camelgirlmn

Hey folks,

So after reading another random thread about a lady's food diary asking for opinions, someone mentioned her sodium was way too high and explained how to add sodium to the diary to it's viewable.

I turned mine on and I knew Soy Sauce was high in salt but HOLY COW!!! My eyes are open now and I will be cutting back ALOT!

Anyone else have a wake up call like this involving a food you didn't think was "that bad" if so what was it?

^^^^ ME TOO! I BUY REDUCED SODIUM AND ITS STILL LIKE 1600 SODIUM!!! I LOVE BROWN RICE AND SOY SAUCE

shortnerdy

I'm going to experiment with low sodium seasons for my rice and see what I can come up with. I think I may even quit soy sauce altogether.

kissedbytheocean

This just happened to me recently, too. I had no idea that I was consuming so much sodium. Now I feel bummed out every time I read the nutritional labels. Even reduced sodium stuff is too much.

I hate plain rice, so I like to sauté a lot of garlic and then throw some plain cooked rice in with it. It makes it taste so much better and I find myself not missing soy sauce.

TheArmadillo

for me it was stock cubes - even the reduced salt ones are still quite high. Also passata, I genuinely didn't realise it had added salt, unlike tinned tomatoes :noway:

IronmanPanda

I was shocked when it came to serving sizes for 3 things in particalar: nuts and nut butter, coffee creamer, and cereal. When I stopped "eyeballing" and pulled out my measuring cups and spoons, I was shocked!

Right? But seriously who doesn't love a mouth full of nuts?

Capt_Apollo

I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

PJ64

the coffee creamer serving size gets me too. 1 serving is a teaspoon?? i easily use 10 times that

This!! Now I use 1/2 a serving and only use it in my first cup. Going more with splenda & nondairy creamer

PJ64

I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA I agree a cookie sleeve of FN's is the proper serving size

KharismaticKayteh

I'll probably be poked at for being an idiot, but...

one of my first weeks here on MFP, I was just innocently logging my foods... I had no idea eggs (including yolks) were so high in cholesterol. I wasn't really alarmed, but I was surprised.

Miss_dannii

Hey folks,

So after reading another random thread about a lady's food diary asking for opinions, someone mentioned her sodium was way too high and explained how to add sodium to the diary to it's viewable.

I turned mine on and I knew Soy Sauce was high in salt but HOLY COW!!! My eyes are open now and I will be cutting back ALOT!

Anyone else have a wake up call like this involving a food you didn't think was "that bad" if so what was it?

Yep, and even the low sodium one has loads..

greyhoundbloke

The amount of sugar in many breakfast cereals - even those that are supposedly "healthy" was a shock to me. Since starting MFP, I've only consciously cut out one foodstuff - sugar. I feel much better for it - although that could also be the better diet in general (loads of salads and veggies) and exercise.

elisheva

I used to be a huge salt consumer. Try using other spices like chili, cumin, curry powder etc. You'll find that by adding other spices you don't really need to add any salt. Also salt, like sugar, is something that you don't need so much once you're not as used to it.

Lina4Lina

Regarding nuts, I measured out 250 calories of nuts yesterday for a snack (I wasn't particularly hungry so thought nuts would be good). It was a surprisingly small amount. I mean I knew but it hit me because in the past year, I probably had days where I ate 1000 calories worth of nuts without thinking too much about it.

MinMin97

It's interesting to track different nutrients and get one's eyes opened.
Agree!
I use soy sauce that's reduced sodium, and only one T, some of which stays on the plate.

elisheva

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I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

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AAAAAAAAH hahahahahahahahhahah!!!!!!! Hahahahah! Phew, oh, ah, that was good. Thank you. I just burned a few newtons laughing.

smelons

I've learned A LOT about portion sizes since I started logging on here. I try and estimate how much things are before weighing them and I'm usually way out. It's impossible to guess and you often end up overindulging...

ktull68

Thanks for this post. I didn't know you could add nutirents to the food tab. What an eye opener. I always know I've had too much salt or msg by my mouth drying out. But when I see the numbers. Wow! The new RDA is something like 1250 per day or 1200. Either way, I easily exceed that. Had read that excess salt can impede weight loss much like white sugar. Plus, too much salt at dinner from say a big chinese meal leaves my fingers, belly and face swollen the next morning. Not good for me.

Antlady69

Oh yes, I can relate! Only this morning I was munching one whole ball of mozzarella cheese, enjoying it in blissful ignorance. Then I added it to MFP and actually looked at the calories. HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!! It added a whole 309 calories to my breakfast! You can be sure now that a) I won't be eating a whole ball again, and b) I'll look at the calories first if I don't know them yet, before I eat something. *rolls eyes*

SusanLovesToEat

Soy Sauce-sodium. Now I use low-sodium and cut it alot with Rice Wine. Sirachi is a great replacement on rice!

Pickles-sodium. Used to eat then now I don't.

But the biggest surprise was dried fruit. My husband ate a small bag of prunes as loves them to snack on and they were over 1000 calories!

hdsqrl

Cottage cheese. I always see people saying it's a great protein source, but then look at the sodium...totally ruined it as a "great" source for me. I still eat it, but only on days when I'm not otherwise eating salty things.

Lina4Lina

Just an FYI, many (if not all) the spray butters our there have a salty taste with zero salt or fat. Sometimes I just pour it on my rice.
That really helped me. I don't like it plain either.

Uhh.. I'm not sure if you were joking but spray butters are all fat. The label says 0 calories because in the US, anything with 4 calories or less per serving can be reported as 0 calories. I think an entire bottle is usually 900 calories?

FungusTrooper

Sodium isn't all that bad so long as you can balance it with water. It's Chinese culture to eat a ton of sodium in their sauces, but they also have a lot of watery dishes and soups to balance it out.

That being said, it's insane how much salt American processed foods have in them, hidden away. Might wanna boost that 8 cups a day to 12 cups if you're planning on eating that stuff!

smithntuck

I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

Too funny!

genefabes

I buy a bottle of bragg's liquid aminos and mix it with water in a misto. 2 parts bragg's, one part water is a good lower sodium soy replacement.

MaraDiaz

Soy has wheat in it, too, not a biggie, unless you're like me and had completely cut out wheat. Or so I thought. I guess it should be called 'wheat sauce'.

Also, Basalmic Vinegar has sugar in it. Strange.

Since I bought my food scale I've been happy to realize I was measuring fairly accurately, but then again, I had cut out the snacky foods before that. Also, a serving of peanuts is pretty darn skimpy and easy to underestimate.

Oh, I remember one! Special K. Yeah, no wonder you can lose weight eating that stuff. The serving size is a few tiny bites with a few sips of milk. Good luck staying full on it.

amy1612

I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

Teeheeheeheehee

shelbyfrootcake

I'm in the store readin' the fig newtons label. I looked at the serving size: two cookies. Who the hell eats two cookies? I eat Fig Newtons by the sleeve. Two sleeves is a serving size. I open em' both and eat em' like a tree chipper. "DADADADADADADA! Fig newton shavings comin' off the side. DADADADADADADA!!!" What the hell they talkin' about, two cookies? "Hey, you want another one?" "I don't know. I already had two. Maybe I can muscle down on more. MMMM!!! I AM STUFFED TO THE RAFTERS!!!" "We got an ER here! We have a three fig newton eater." "How many did he have? What is he NUTS! Doesn't he read?!" The serving size for ice cream is a half a cup. That sounds like someone put it there for a joke or something. "Hey, come here. Look what I put for the serving size. I just put it there for a joke but they're going out that way. What should I do? Just let it slide?" It's like: "Hey, man. You wanna grab a bite to eat?" "Oh! I had a half a cup of ice cream. I just kept eating and eating. I must have had two spoon fulls!"

I honestly believe the suggested serving sizes are deliberately unreasonably low because it would put too many people off of eating the product it if read '1000 calories, 20g fat etc per serving'. Instead the manufacturers can point the finger of blame at all of us for not following their 'suggestion' when people complain about how calorific the product is. B*stards.