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jkcrawford
jkcrawford Posts: 435 Member
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Does plain raw celery have so much sodium? It is a root veggie is it not? So how does it contain sodium?
Any one have the answer?

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  • BritneysStuntDouble
    BritneysStuntDouble Posts: 849 Member
    Salty soil. Google it.
  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member
    Plants absorb nutrients from the soil in which they grow. Celery, among many other plants, draw the sodium from the soil.
  • jkcrawford
    jkcrawford Posts: 435 Member
    interesting thanks
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    Does plain raw celery have so much sodium? It is a root veggie is it not? So how does it contain sodium?
    Any one have the answer?

    It is a stem, leaves are on the top if you buy a full head, fine roots on the bulbous bottom if you pull it from the ground. It doesn't have 'so much' sodium, unless you have completely different celery in the US to us in the UK - one supermarket here is listing 60mg per 100g or 0.06%. And like all plants it is a good source of potassium which opposes the action of sodium in the body. We need a little of the mineral sodium for health, that should ideally come from produce and oily fish.
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    Does plain raw celery have so much sodium? It is a root veggie is it not? So how does it contain sodium?
    Any one have the answer?

    It is a stem, leaves are on the top if you buy a full head, fine roots on the bulbous bottom if you pull it from the ground. It doesn't have 'so much' sodium, unless you have completely different celery in the US to us in the UK - one supermarket here is listing 60mg per 100g or 0.06%. And like all plants it is a good source of potassium which opposes the action of sodium in the body. We need a little of the mineral sodium for health, that should ideally come from produce and oily fish.

    This^^ We NEED sodium to live. it is an essential mineral in the body and is therefore available in small amounts in our natural food sources as are all other essential minerals. Celery has a small amount of sodium when you consider a daily intake of about 2000mg, it is a relatively small amount.

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