WARNING: Chipotle Food is very high in Sodium
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I love Chipotle so much I don't even care haha0
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Another "Chipotle is evil" thread. Fabulous.
Thanks for the suggestion, I forgot my lunch today. mmmmmmmm Chipotle.0 -
Want to talk evil? QDoba.
What I get at chipotle is about $8.5, at Qdoba on tuesday it cost me $11.5.
It was inspid as well.0 -
wow, this is awesome. My first real thread gives me "flags" on the post
Thanks for the info guys. I am kinda new to this nutrition thing and didn't know this fact about restaurants in general, Panera bread etc. So, the post turned out useful for me. Peace out. -1 -
libbydoodle11 wrote: »I have found this to be true with any restaurant food.
^^This.
And also true of most processed foods. They have added sodium and sugar.
BTW, if you are roasting a turkey that was frozen for Thanksgiving, look at the sodium that has been added to the bird.
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Sodium is really only going to be an issue with people who have high blood pressure or hypertension. They shouldn't exceed. For general public, work out and sweat some. You body will be a salt lick.
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Kidney stones keep my sodium at 500 mg a day.
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NO NOES, SODIUM! WORLD ENDS SOON DUE TO SODIUM, GG.0
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buddhaseeking wrote: »I went to chipotle website just now because they have a calorie calculator for their menu there. A simple vegetarian bowl (brown rice, pinto beans, black beans, tomato salsa, guac and corn salsa) adds up 1750 mg of Sodium. This is 75% of US recommendation for whole day. If you take meat, it will be even more. If you have any disease condition (like BP), then US recommendation drops to 1500mg/day. Chipotle is not as healthy as i thought it was. I have sent a request to them, through their website, to drop the sodium levels in their restaurant. I urge you to do the same, in case you are eating there. Perhaps they will listen to many of us complaining at the same time.
I can appreciate your zeal, but I'd prefer they continue to remain honest about their numbers. Kudos to them for that. If you absolutely have to have it, I'm sure you could find really good Chipotle recipes on Pinterest.0 -
Will continue to eat Chipotle....Sodium is the least of my worries0
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In other news, water is wet.
Having Chipotle for dinner tonight. Will drink my normal amount of water today and not even think twice about it.0 -
buddhaseeking wrote: »wow, this is awesome. My first real thread gives me "flags" on the post Thanks for the info guys. I am kinda new to this nutrition thing and didn't know this fact about restaurants in general, Panera bread etc. So, the post turned out useful for me. Peace out.
It's a funny place, isn't it?0 -
It is?!?!0
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buddhaseeking wrote: »wow, this is awesome. My first real thread gives me "flags" on the post Thanks for the info guys. I am kinda new to this nutrition thing and didn't know this fact about restaurants in general, Panera bread etc. So, the post turned out useful for me. Peace out.
Don't worry. Flags don't actually mean anything.0 -
"But Chipotle doesn't make nachos..." whines my husband so sometimes I get stuck eating there. Still better than Moe's though.
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buddhaseeking wrote: »wow, this is awesome. My first real thread gives me "flags" on the post Thanks for the info guys. I am kinda new to this nutrition thing and didn't know this fact about restaurants in general, Panera bread etc. So, the post turned out useful for me. Peace out.
OP, you should have heard me when I first started. I actually went to down and talked to the owner of the greasy-spoon cafeteria in my office building and asked him if he ever considered offering some healthier options on his menu. He said he did include some on his menu after he first opened (if he did, I missed it!), but they weren't sellers and he ultimately dropped them. After that my "zealousness" faded. LOL This whole process for me has been a gigantic learning experience.0 -
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vinegar_husbands wrote: »britishbroccoli wrote: »Chipotle is a lunch or dinner food. Getting 75% of the US recommendation in one meal is not actually a problem. My breakfast (fruit) has 0 sodium. My lunch is often in the 500-1000 mg range, leaving me 1,300-1800 mg-ish for dinner.
The highest sodium menu items are as follows, with mg sodium in parenthesis: Tortilla (690), Sofritas (555), Barbacoa (530) Carnitas (500) Tomato Salsa (500) Red Tomatillo Salsa (500).
Higher Sodium_______________Lower Sodium
White Rice (375)______________Brown Rice (165)
Pinto Beans (300)_____________Black Beans (260)
Tomato Salsa (500)___________Green Tomatillo Salsa (250)
Those swaps save you 500 mg of sodium.
That was changed years ago. The pinto beans are vegan/vegetarian and free of meat.
Couple of comments:
1. I have been reading nutrion/diet websites with a zealous for past several months, in addition to other health related sites. I remember reading (either at US RDA data site or in one of the nutrition experts comments) that after age 40 or 50, the recommended sodium consumption goes down by nearly half. In other words, it is only 1000 or so !!!
2. If sodium data on chipotle was changed years ago, and if you are knowledgeable, could you put up a comparison / choices to be made, for selecting lower sodium, while at chipotle ? I still go there on rare occasion, after cutting out restaurant food completely. My efforts have dramatically reduced my weight and increased my health multiple fold within 1 year period. So, now i know that i will go to this restaurant (as the only restaurant), in a pinch. This seems to be the lesser of all evils that are called restaurants.
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And my response to all those who posted a snide comment on my initial query ......
"you are most likely under 45 yrs old, and have not faced a serious illness in life. When that happens, you will take every aspect of your health seriously and learn to respect body and mind. This will naturally lead to feeding the body only good things. One of the egoistic aspect of my youth was to have this feeling that i am invincible and strong. It is a very subtle feeling, even though consciously i would never declare or acknowledge myself as egoistic or having invincible strength. It was very tough, almost impossible, for me to realize that when i age, my body will face serious illnesses. I was blessed with the strength of an athlete in my teens, and it took nasty lessons from life to understand the real value of my body. This understanding does not come from reading books or health articles. It comes only through direct experience of life over decades or through deep contemplation/meditation (like that of a monk living in a monastry), which is beyond the scope of average humans. So, even though i do not have any illnesses related to sodium excess, i have learnt to be careful in my diet. If you are still young, and pass derisive comments on this note, i totally understand your view. Why ? Because i was like you at one time.-1 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Yes, most fast food is ridiculously high in sodium. This is one of the great things about logging with MFP: you get to see these things. While sodium isn't usually an issue, you can often "see it" on the scale. That's a good thing about weighing. You see the numbers. Now you can see that you didn't gain weight the day after eating at Chipotle, you just had a sodium bomb. It's all good info.
I've often wondered how big an intersection there is between the "nobody has to worry about salt unless they have high blood pressure" group and the "I can't understand why I'm not losing" group.0 -
Did not read. Why are you warning us of this? a)No duh and b) Who cares?0
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Dude, I coulda told you that. Restaurants are all like that. Cook at home to avoid excess sodium; if you decide to go out, just know you're probably gonna get bloated that day lol. no big.... don't step on the scale the next day if you don't wanna see it!0
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It took you 3 months to respond?0
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I knew this already, as all fast food is high in sodium, and mexican food is usually the worst. That being said, their food is too salty for my tastes, and I don't think the amount of salt they put in it is necessary, or desirable. I wish all fast food, including Chinese places, would reduce the amount of salt they put in their food. But really, all I can do is avoid eating it, with rare exceptions. I suggest you do the same.0
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FWIW, I had a chicken burrito made by my sister last night for dinner. They were delicious, and definitely lower in sodium and calories than Chipotle!0
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You're obviously 45 if you can remember to respond to something in a timely manner.PikaKnight wrote: »It took you 3 months to respond?
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You're obviously 45 if you can remember to respond to something in a timely manner.PikaKnight wrote: »It took you 3 months to respond?
bahahaha
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I don't watch my sodium levels so.... I don't care0
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You're obviously 45 if you can remember to respond to something in a timely manner.PikaKnight wrote: »It took you 3 months to respond?
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Speaking as someone who eats at restaurants way more than she should, I have found Chipotle to be one of the lower sodium options available to me. My usual burrito bowl - steak or chicken, brown rice, black beans, green salsa, cheese and lettuce - comes to just under 1200 mg of sodium. That's less than just about anything you will get from a drive thru, less than a sandwich at Potbelly, less than anything I get at IHOP, MUCH less than anything I get at a chain sit-down restaurant, etc.. Considering I also get 47-49 grams of protein and 17 grams of fiber, it seems a pretty fair trade.0
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