Newbie - bit confused by something!!

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cbramp74
cbramp74 Posts: 3
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Hi, I have friends who have all recommended this website. did all my foods for yesterday but I'm a bit confused by my sodium allowance. Is sodium not salt? Why is it telling me my daily allowance is 2,500 but I only used 8??? What is 2,500? mg? Thanks x

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  • gramacanada
    gramacanada Posts: 558 Member
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    2500 mgs of salt is about 2/3 of a teaspoon.
    It's the recommended daily upper limit.
    If your diary was open someone could help you figure out what happened.
    Perhaps the friends who told you about MFP. : )
  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
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    Remember salt is in everything you eat - almost. It's not just balking about adding salt.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
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    Not every item in the database has all the nutrition filled in. So it's very likely that you ate things that had salt/ sodium in them but which isn't showing up correctly.

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