Soda does not have a scary amount of sodium

singingflutelady
singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
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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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    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.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    Perhaps people misspoke about sugar vs sodium. I watch sodium and soft drinks are not on my radar.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    No, it's sodium they are referring to
  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
    I've heard people throw that around too. It was mostly debunked a long time ago.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2017
    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!).
  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    CMNVA wrote: »
    I've heard people throw that around too. It was mostly debunked a long time ago.

    Pretty sure it was debunked when nutrition labels became a thing. ;)
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    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").
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    edited January 2017
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    CMNVA wrote: »
    I've heard people throw that around too. It was mostly debunked a long time ago.

    Pretty sure it was debunked when nutrition labels became a thing. ;)

    Yet it still comes up in every diet soda thread.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    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?

    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)
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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!
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    jkwolly wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,237 Member
    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?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    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.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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.
  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    edited January 2017
    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.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    williams969 wrote: »
    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?


    Here's some more "scary" sodium containing foods:

    1 celery stalk: 30mg sodium
    30g spinach (1 cup chopped): 24mg sodium
    67g kale (1 cup chopped): 25mg sodium


    Oh noz
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Thank you! Dr. Oz must've aired a "Salty Soda" segment recently...
    Legit.

    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.

    I'm in Ohio and that's the only salted beer I know about. I do love the salt on margaritas. Mmm.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    The carrots I eat have more sodium than my diet store brand soda.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    CooCooPuff wrote: »
    The carrots I eat have more sodium than my diet store brand soda.

    Most Cheese has more sodium than most sodas.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    williams969 wrote: »
    cmtigger wrote: »
    CooCooPuff wrote: »
    The carrots I eat have more sodium than my diet store brand soda.

    Most Cheese has more sodium than most sodas.

    Most foods (whole, natural state foods included) have more sodium than soda.
    Very very true
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    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.

    :lol: Color me slain!
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    For someone who must maintain a very low sodium intake for medical reasons they may not want to nickel and dime away their daily allowance on soda. So for those folks it may be to much. But for most of us that is not a high amount of sodium. So yeah. As was stated Dr. Oz must be telling secrets again.
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