how much sodium is ok ?

toffee2013
toffee2013 Posts: 344 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm cooking tea and just logged it and my total for sodium is 1,125 ... is that ok ?

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  • pplf2001
    pplf2001 Posts: 133 Member
    information on how much sodium you need is here:

    http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/sodium/

    1.5 mg/day for most adults
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    I think I'm like over 2K negative on sodium everyday. lol.
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    The best way to answer this question is to consult your doctor. If you're a normal, healthy adult the default MFP setting is probably fine.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    More than 500mg and less than 1800mg is generally considered optimal
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
    My mom is on a low salt diet and she has less than 2000 mg per day.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I wish I could keep my sodium that low. DV is 2,400; I have hypertension so I try to keep it between 1,500 and 2,000 mg. I'm usually closer to 2,000 mg. Average American consumes 3,400 or thereabouts. One thing you really want to pay attention to, even more than sodium intake is your ratio of sodium to pottasium...most people are very high sodium and low on their potassium...usually very low. I shoot for 4,700 mg of potassium to help balance me out.
  • mfoster1019
    mfoster1019 Posts: 152 Member
    I have mine set at 2500mg per day (MFP default). I am over that every day though even though I try to watch it :ohwell:

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