Soda does not have a scary amount of sodium
singingflutelady
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I keep seeing this statement here and just wondering where it comes from.
Here are a few examples of the sodium in some sodas I have in my house.
Coke zero: 30mg for 355ml
Diet mtn dew: 30mg for 355ml
Noname diet orange:30 mg for 250 ml
I'm guessing the rest are similar. What's scary about 30mg of sodium?
Here are a few examples of the sodium in some sodas I have in my house.
Coke zero: 30mg for 355ml
Diet mtn dew: 30mg for 355ml
Noname diet orange:30 mg for 250 ml
I'm guessing the rest are similar. What's scary about 30mg of sodium?
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Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...12
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Some energy drinks tend to hover in the 180-250 range per 8 oz., but yeah most normal and diet soda is well below that. Hell, Diet Cheerwine has 0.3
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Perhaps people misspoke about sugar vs sodium. I watch sodium and soft drinks are not on my radar.1
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No, it's sodium they are referring to4
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I've heard people throw that around too. It was mostly debunked a long time ago.3
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markrgeary1 wrote: »Perhaps people misspoke about sugar vs sodium. I watch sodium and soft drinks are not on my radar.
It's definitely sodium they mean, and it gets said even about diet drinks.
I've wondered about this too.
In that the amount of sodium is on the can I wonder where it is coming from and if anyone in this thread has heard such a claim I'd love to know from where (like to know what sources need to be debunked!).1 -
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It's something that people have heard from the fearmongerers, and they just regurgitate it without bothering to fact check it - which is as simple as looking at the nutritional information on a can (or Googling "Diet Coke nutritional facts").2
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CafeRacer808 wrote: »
Yet it still comes up in every diet soda thread.1 -
It's because soda comes from the Greek sod- and Latin -a which put together mean "really really salty, duh."
People warn me about sodium every time I say I like seltzer water.9 -
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!5 -
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!
I have known people who do that with beer. Not a tablespoon but salted beer. Think it's a Midwest thing.0 -
I'm not really supposed to drink much soda because of some of the other ingredients, but yeah, it's not the sodium. (Kidney stones)singingflutelady wrote: »I keep seeing this statement here and just wondering where it comes from.
Here are a few examples of the sodium in some sodas I have in my house.
Coke zero: 30mg for 355ml
Diet mtn dew: 30mg for 355ml
Noname diet orange:30 mg for 250 ml
I'm guessing the rest are similar. What's scary about 30mg of sodium?
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markrgeary1 wrote: »
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!
I have known people who do that with beer. Not a tablespoon but salted beer. Think it's a Midwest thing.
That seriously is so disgusting!0 -
markrgeary1 wrote: »
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!
I have known people who do that with beer. Not a tablespoon but salted beer. Think it's a Midwest thing.
That seriously is so disgusting!
Corona+salt and lime is definitely a thing I have seen a lot, and I am firmly east coast.0 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!
I have known people who do that with beer. Not a tablespoon but salted beer. Think it's a Midwest thing.
That seriously is so disgusting!
Corona+salt and lime is definitely a thing I have seen a lot, and I am firmly east coast.
I'd do that, but with tequila added too!0 -
Yeah, I don't know where the sodium/soda thing came from but it seems to be making a comeback.
The other one I heard was that carbonated water can lead to osteoporosis... huh?3 -
The highest diet soda pop I've seen is diet A&W root beer, 65 mg sodium/355 mL. I watch the sodium but I don't think it's contributing to weight gain.0
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »markrgeary1 wrote: »
Legit.CafeRacer808 wrote: »Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
I love adding a tbsp of salt to my soda - so refreshing and nutritious!
I have known people who do that with beer. Not a tablespoon but salted beer. Think it's a Midwest thing.
That seriously is so disgusting!
Corona+salt and lime is definitely a thing I have seen a lot, and I am firmly east coast.
That's the only salted beer I've ever seen, and I am in Chicago.0 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »Corona+salt and lime is definitely a thing I have seen a lot, and I am firmly east coast.
We do this a lot in Southern California as well.
It's also traditional to salt the rim of a beer glass when making a michelada (beer, tomato juice, Wochestershire sauce, and hot sauce). It's really delicious, actually.0
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