tortilla chips and pinto beans

donjtomasco
donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
How long does it take the effects of high sodium from eating tortilla chips and pinto beans to work its way through our body's? I had no idea that 4 ounces of pinto beans has 450 mg of sodium. Damn.

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  • jddnw
    jddnw Posts: 319 Member
    What effects are you noticing? I eat meals with +450 mg of sodium all the time and I don't notice any effects.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Then it must have been the tortilla chips from Friday and Saturday night. I am up two pounds in one day after several weeks of shaving off weight each day.
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  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Yep, for how long for that retained water to flush out? Days?
  • ForeverCharlie
    ForeverCharlie Posts: 183 Member
    Why don't you buy dry beans, soak, cook. Add desired amount of salt or spices. You would never have to worry about sodium again.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    I will change my question to just how long it takes for water weight to flush out?
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    A day or two. Drink more water.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited March 2015
    Providing I don't continue to eat high sodium, it usually takes a day or two for me. Eating/drinking something high in potassium can speed it up.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Thanks. I need to google high potassium foods or snacks now. Do you know of some good one's N2E?
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    Thanks. I need to google high potassium foods or snacks now. Do you know of some good one's N2E?

    Tomato juice/sauce, V8, mushrooms, banana, potato, sweet potato, most nuts, most beans, soy, most melon, most squash, berries, many leafy greens
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Wow, awesome. Thank you!!!!!
  • reachingforarainbow
    reachingforarainbow Posts: 224 Member
    The only thing with v8 is I'm pretty sure it has lots of sodium. And if you are having nuts, make sure to get unsalted.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    reachingforarainbow wrote: »
    The only thing with v8 is I'm pretty sure it has lots of sodium. And if you are having nuts, make sure to get unsalted.

    V8 makes a low sodium version.
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  • Alicue21
    Alicue21 Posts: 14 Member
    A day or two to flush through (though 450 mg isn't really that much when you consider other types of foods like canned soup - and yes, even the reduced sodium soups). If you take cranberry pills it will happen pretty immediately. That said, you really should ignore the scale every day as a measure of how you're doing. You should look at it in longer term, either weekly or bi-weekly. I personally weigh myself everyday, but I ignore the number for the most part. I focus on the general trend, at least for ladies that's necessary because we have systems/bloat y'all don't.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    BFDeal, lol, you said the funny line for the day.
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