Favorite low calorie foods that are high in sodium.

I add soy sauce to lots of things and mfp always warns me that it’s high in sodium!

This stuff maybe? I love salt, so honestly I could darn near eat this stuff with a spoon sometimes. Or spread it on bread mixed with butter and be sure to not plan on losing any weight. Lol. In addition to sometimes having a cup as bouillon, I've been known to sneak it into scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes/cauliflower, a bowl of cabbage, a cornbread batter, a pot of rice... 680mg of sodium per teaspoon. They also make a vegetarian vegetable, beef, ham, mushroom, possibly others. The chicken is the one I get a lotta use out of though.

Since sodium intake is important for you, you might also consider weighing the salt you use in cooking. May sound a bit much, but depending on how coarse or fine a grind your salt is, it could make a difference of 500mg of sodium or more per teaspoon.

Recommend googling "high sodium foods". I did and there are some good sites, mostly telling you what foods to avoid/limit that are high in sodium, but your case that would be the opposite.

Pricklypineapple422 wrote: »

grace173 wrote: »

Would you believe Tofu is high in sodium. Just found this out now entering it into my food diary.

I had no idea, but I love tofu! So this is great!

That sounds like either a bad database entry, or some special type of flavored tofu. Plain tofu has very little sodium.

Another tip (sorry for my 3rd post). Use an online grocery app such as Walmart.com, or a local grocery store, to quickly read through nutrition labels and find foods that meet your need. Don't have to buy anything to use the app.

My wife has POTS and she just salts a lot of foods. And more bacon!!!

Also, canned tuna, salmon or soups.

I add a liberal shake of salt to just about every kind of fruit I eat.

Asian sauces are the answer. Soy sauce is just a start, though an excellent one, with 900 mg of sodium per tablespoon. Fish sauce (which is mostly anchovy based) has 1400 mg per tbsp, which is over 50 % more sodium than soy, and is used extensively in Vietnamese, Thai, and related ethnic dishes which are easy to make at home and delicious, such as Vietnamese meatballs or pad se ew beef/chicken/shrimp. Another condiment to consider is Oyster sauce, which has 500 mg sodium per tbsp and is very common in familiar Chinese food -- there are several brands that are much higher in sodium than that 500 mg figure. If you eat Chinese food at all and like it, you already are familiar with the taste of Oyster sauce and like it.

I am an avid wok/Asian cooking enthusiast who also happens to do all the math each time, and can tell you from personal experience you can easily hit 3,000-4,000 sodium for one serving of food if that's what you want to do. A typical Chinese or Thai stir fry can handle 2 tbsp soy, 1 tbsp Oyster, and a dash of Fish before it even starts to taste "salty", and in fact would taste a little bland with that mix, because people are used to more like 3 tbsp soy, 1 tbsp oyster, and hoisin sauce, which also has salt. Plus, you can add a few tsp of salt to a meat marinade before you even get to the sauces.

Pricklypineapple422 wrote: »

I have dysautonomia and need to increase my sodium intake to 5,000 to 7,000 mg a day. I am able to take some salt tablets to help, but they can be hard on the stomach and to get that much sodium I will have to take a ton of the tablets. My goal is to find some foods or drinks that are tasty and not too high in calorie, while also providing some sodium.

I am trying to consume two powerade zeros a day, they provide 250 mg per bottle. But with those added, I am still only averaging around 2000 mg of sodium a day. I don't love the taste of salt, and the things I do like (chips, popcorn, etc) are all high in calories and junk food, which I would like to avoid. Also, I will eat meat occasionally, but mostly eat vegetarian.

I am hopeful some of you might have some suggestions of things you like they pack a punch of sodium.

Thanks!

I also have sodium deficiency and have been for few years. They call mine Hypernutrimia. I am constantly thirsty but have to be mindful because my body gets rid of sodium rapidly. There is something called Sole water. There are recipes on line. Its Himilayan salt diffused in water. Vitamin Shoppe sells something called Trace minerals, they are drops for water that help. Putting electrolytes without sugar in water for throughout the day too.
Nutritionally it may help to eat seaweed, sea greens, celery and if you eat fish, anchovies may help.
Steer clear of duretics, fluid loss and excess sweating. Being in a dry climate or hot weather can take sodium out too.
I had to be hospitalised on IV twice for sodium depletion. The first time was a whole week, my heart almost stopped! I had been on 2 medications then a diuretic. The doctor and I did not know about chronic low sodium deficiency.

Mcwi3681 wrote: »

Canned soups. I just had a can of condensed chicken noodle soup for lunch, 150 cals and 2225 mg of sodium.

what the ....

just out of curiosity, which soup was that?

Progresso soups are about 900 mg of sodium per serving (the low sodium ones are 1/2 of that), But 2225 mg of sodium is really a lot for people that don't need to keep the sodium update higher.

Note to self: don't buy that brand!

V8 or vegetable juice
Celery naturally has sodium
Broths/soups can be made salty
Buffalo sauce/hot sauce has crazy high sodium like 400mg per serving and like no calories
Soy sauce
Cottage cheese salty and great protein
Tajín is a Chile powder/salt seasoning that goes good on fruits and vegetables (cucumbers are good this way, especially w lime juice)
Salted nuts aren’t low calorie but a good snack choice and for whatever reason always seem to help me a lot vs chips or something, for whatever reason a handful of nuts+a Gatorade is my go to
Dip/soup mixes (ranch etc) can be added to a lot of recipes for flavor and are usually high sodium
Multiple spice blends that use salt can go together and the extra spices kind of override the saltiness a little bit

Also, salt everything—I never used to like salt on foods and never salted things outside of a recipe/meat like vegetables, salads, sandwiches. But you can always add a bit of salt and pepper to everything