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    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      Excessive sodium intake is not the boogeyman that it has been made out to be for many (most?) people. I put that advice right up there with the "eating fat will make you fat" mindset.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      Excessive sodium intake is not the boogeyman that it has been made out to be for many (most?) people. I put that advice right up there with the "eating fat will make you fat" mindset.
      Agreed. Plus if people would just eat more whole foods the potassium would balance it out anyway.

      Please don't anyone confuse my suggesting more whole foods to mean "eat clean", whatever the eff that means.
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      Agreed. Plus if people would just eat more whole foods the potassium would balance it out anyway.

      Please don't anyone confuse my suggesting more whole foods to mean "eat clean", whatever the eff that means.

      Uh, for many people, "eat clean" means "eat whole foods".
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      Why not? I count Gummi Bears as fruit.
    • Posts: 2,333 Member
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      I find that Skittles Vodka makes an excellent base for chicken noodle soup. Bonus is that after you finish a bowl, you've completed your water requirements for the day. I don't recommend going to back to the office after lunch tho.

      :laugh:
    • Posts: 74 Member
      Down. It has a lot of sodium.
    • Posts: 369 Member
      In the hospital, we'd count it as fluid intake. We'd also be serving low sodium versions. However, we also count Popsicles, jello, and all fluids--juice, milk, coffee, soda, etc.
    • Posts: 369 Member
      Excessive sodium intake is not the boogeyman that it has been made out to be for many (most?) people. I put that advice right up there with the "eating fat will make you fat" mindset.

      Agreed, but the American Heart Association is now recommending 1500mg a day for a heart healthy diet. I do monitor this, but don't freak out if I'm over.

      If you normally eat 3-4grams a day of sodium, and then cut back, you likely will see a change in the scale due to water retention. Big deal, IMO.

      If you normally eat that 1.5-2g per day of sodium, you won't see the fluctuations. If you're a person for whom this is a major big deal (scale fluctuations), then this might be something to watch so you don't drive yourself nuts.

      I personally don't worry about it too much because my blood pressure tends to run low, even with being active. I'm happy to keep my systolic above 100. My husband, on the other hand, has hypertension and other risk factors, so as a result I'm more conscious of it to help support him.
    • Posts: 369 Member
      I am going to try again to ask an intellectual question and I ask that all the Question Critics bow out and all those willing to provide an intellectual response, pls respond.

      Does your "water intake" strictly mean water or does it really mean "liquid intake" and includes clear liquids such as tea, black coffee, and crystal lite? If it does mean "water", pls explain the logic behind this. I would like to understand the reason for this if it is strictly water.

      Not all of us are professional dieters and I know I have questions about the fine print. I'd like to think I can ask this forum without hesitation.

      Liquids. All liquids count, but if you're drinking more than 5 caffeinated beverages a day this can be dehydrating and counter productive.
    • Posts: 2,050 Member
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    • Posts: 590 Member
      this is a strange thread. water is water. soup is soup. juice is juice. milk is milk. they r all liquids but different things.
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      Down - you have to get your water in :smokin:
    • Posts: 169 Member
      K how much sodium did that soup have? Was it cream or broth based? Be sure you count the calories as well as the fluids.
    • Posts: 12,032 Member
      DOWN! Condensed soup is a thumbs down too.
      :drinker: Agreed, am amazed at how many recipes are shared on MFP containing Condensed Soups.... ew, some have nearly 1000mg of sodium per can!
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      thumbs down water is water it's not soup or sodas or sparkling.
    • Posts: 382 Member
      My personal rules are that soup is part of the food I consume and I only count what I drink towards my daily water intake. Thats just my take on it all.
    • Posts: 727
      I'd say a definite thumbs down.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      If the log entry in your diary is "soup, condensed" the water counts. If the entry is for "soup, reconstituted" or "soup, with water" the water doesn't count.

      Seriously? 8 cups is a recommendation, and not a particularly accurate one for most people. Log it how you want. I count the water I add to things and don't count the water already in flavored waters, because really all I care about is that everything is logged.
    • Posts: 9,834 Member
      Can one of the sodium nazi's tell me if you also added enough spinach to the condensed soup so that potassium equalled sodium, could you then count it as water?
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      Can one of the sodium nazi's tell me if you also added enough spinach to the condensed soup so that potassium equalled sodium, could you then count it as water?
      :drinker:
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      I'm pretty liberal when it comes to what counts as water - but soup? No. Soup is food - not a beverage.
    • Posts: 3,801 Member
      Excessive sodium intake is not the boogeyman that it has been made out to be for many (most?) people. I put that advice right up there with the "eating fat will make you fat" mindset.

      Very true! Most people do not have a high sensitivity toward sodium, so the amount they consume in their diet won't have a big impact on blood pressure. However, there is still a decent portion of the population that is sensitive to sodium. As of right now, there's no easy way to test whether or not your blood pressure level is influenced by your sodium intake. Therefore, everyone is recommended to consume it in moderation.
    • Posts: 590 Member
      Can one of the sodium nazi's tell me if you also added enough spinach to the condensed soup so that potassium equalled sodium, could you then count it as water?

      i would hope that in this day and age people know that sodium levels should only be monitored by salt sensitive people. people with high blood pressure, kidney problems, people with swollen feet. its still not a green light to drink cups of table salt but im just sayin.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
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      i would hope that in this day and age people know that sodium levels should only be monitored by salt sensitive people. people with high blood pressure, kidney problems, people with swollen feet. its not a green light to drink cups of table salt but im just sayin.
      You get diarrhea if you go overboard. It draws water in to your digestive tract and acts as a laxative. Salt is eventually self-limiting. :tongue:
    • Posts: 9,834 Member
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      i would hope that in this day and age people know that sodium levels should only be monitored by salt sensitive people. people with high blood pressure, kidney problems, people with swollen feet. its still not a green light to drink cups of table salt but im just sayin.

      I would hope so too. But it seems as though from the majority of posters on here, that is not the case.
    • Posts: 588 Member
      For people who are active and sweat a lot actually need to make sure that they are eating a decent amount of sodium. Chris Davey once recommended me to do cardio with a salt shaker strapped to my belt lol.
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      Thanks, Rocker. I appreciate it.
    • Posts: 9,834 Member
      For people who are active and sweat a lot actually need to make sure that they are eating a decent amount of sodium. Chris Davey once recommended me to do cardio with a salt shaker strapped to my belt lol.

      Nah that couldn't have been me. I don't do cardio...
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      Just so we're clear on the sodium thing, I generally don't use normal table salt. I prefer a good Himalayan sea salt.

      (I guess I'm becoming somewhat of a salt snob...)

      And in no way was this a bump....no way...because bumping almost dead threads like this is wrong. Very wrong.
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