Pickles and sodium.. what do yah think?

Snikkee

So I have decided to cut back on sodium, a lot. Which is pretty hard considering I looked at the content of sodium in one.. small...pickle... 30% or more of your daily intake in one freaking pickle!!! I love pickles... so this makes me sad. But the pickles I eat have no calories.. so good or bad? no calories.. a butt ton of sodium...

DanaDark

No calories? Really? I find that dang near impossible to believe. >.>

Snikkee

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Snikkee

Valasic brand pickles have zero calories... no joke

Acg67

So I have decided to cut back on sodium, a lot. Which is pretty hard considering I looked at the content of sodium in one.. small...pickle... 30% or more of your daily intake in one freaking pickle!!! I love pickles... so this makes me sad. But the pickles I eat have no calories.. so good or bad? no calories.. a butt ton of sodium...

Do you suffer from hypertension or does it run in the family? If the answer is no, don't worry about it

cnelson1974

I would avoid pickles. There has to be something else you like as much. I would think it's the salt in the pickles you like so much more then the pickle itself.

DanaDark

Not according to their website =/

Snikkee

I love pickles with or without the salt.. I think too much of a salt taste is nasty.

I do not have hypertension.

Snikkee

The jar of pickles in my fridge from walmart says zero calories..

Ge0rgiana

I have to restrict my store-bought pickle consumption. Instead, I make my own zucchini pickles. I got a canning kit and came up with my own recipe. I wish I could share, but it's made with a lemon dill rub seasoning put out by a chain of stores local to my area. If you do want to go the DIY route, find a recipe online that uses fresh dill and just cut way back on the salt. If I get cravey and wipe out a whole jar of the ones I make, I've done 700mg of damage, tops.

cnelson1974

700mg is still a lot.

deb3129

Some pickles say 0 calories, and some say 5 for a pickle. But I dont really understand that because cucumbers have calories, and I dont think that pickling removes that. I love pickles, but do limit my intake because of the sodium content. I usually reserve them now for snacks at the movies, where they are probably the best choice there.

Pixi_Rex

are you eating air? Its impossible for them to have no calories.

Why are you cutting sodium drastically? Is there a medical concern? if not just eat the damn air pickle.

alladream

My concern is that so much sodium really makes people retain water and stay bloated, hypertension aside. If you superlove them, I might soak them in clean water before I ate them to see if that takes some of it out, or cut them up into thin slices and suck on them, so they last forever without the high salt consumption of eating many whole ones. *shrug* Good luck figuring out what works for you!

DisneyAddictRW

I buy low sodium pickles at Hyvee. I love pickles but don't pig out. A couple once in awhile. The ones I buy show zero calories on the jar with 100 sodium. I'm assuming there are some calories but the jar says no. I figure one or two won't kill me.

meggonkgonk

No calories? Really? I find that dang near impossible to believe. >.>

Pickles have very few to no calories. Cuz they are just cucumbers soaked in vinegar and salt. Not sure if ^^ this guy^^ is putting you on or not.

In either case, if cutting down your sodium is important to you, cut down the pickles. Either work them into a day with lower sodium or set them aside for while. As a lover of pickles myself, I get that it's not the most fun, but if that's your goal, your options are to plan around the pickles or avoid them. Whichever works for you.

FierceFox81

I 'd go off what the web says. Better to count a couple calories that could possibly be there then to miss them.

angelique_redhead

The pickles I eat are 5 calories/ounce. Just saying but if it's under a certain number of calories they can claim 0 when it's not which really is detrimental to our diets. Jerks! I eat them on rare occasions because I know that I'm going to retain the same amount of water weight or more than I lost in fat. I don't feel free to complain that I'm not "losing weight" if I'm retaining water like a sponge. Your mileage may vary.

Snikkee

Vlasic Kosher dill baby wholes

o calories per serving

DanaDark

Sort of depends on the serving size. But everything has SOME calories to it (food anyway).

If you make the serving size small enough, you can say 0 calories (if it has 0.5 calories, they can round down), but it is then sort of deceiving because if you eat 100 of them, you think 0 calories, but really would be 50.

This is also done with fats (its how many companies can say 0 trans fats while containing trans fats).

Overall, calories in pickles won't be ruining weight loss (well, if you eat enough of them I am sure it can lol).

As for the sodium, so long as you do not have issues relating to sodium, you should be fine. Drink extra water.

elizabethis

So I have decided to cut back on sodium, a lot. Which is pretty hard considering I looked at the content of sodium in one.. small...pickle... 30% or more of your daily intake in one freaking pickle!!! I love pickles... so this makes me sad. But the pickles I eat have no calories.. so good or bad? no calories.. a butt ton of sodium...

I've thought about the whole sodium question off and on for awhile now. I hope I'm willing to cut way down on it if I develop high blood pressure (and if am sodium sensitive - so lowering sodium would help lower my B/P). Right now my B/P is low and I also love dill pickles and salt with many foods. I drink LOTS of water to help counteract my sodium intake. You have to be willing to potentially see some (temporary) weight gains or stalls due to sodium retention, but the flavor salt adds to my food is worth it at this point. If my B/P starts to rise, I will have to rethink. That's a pretty long answer to say........If your B/P is normal, I'd eat the pickles and savor every one!