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Why is my sodium goal set so high??

ChihGirl
ChihGirl Posts: 17 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
My daily goal for sodium is set as 2,500! And though I've only been recording what I've been eating for three days, I have been way under each day, which I was totally not expecting.. :noway: I've been eating incredibly unhealthily these three days!! ((Finals week does that to my diet))

Should I really aim for around 2,500?? Or do they just mean I should not go over that?

I would appreciate any tips :smile:

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  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    2,500 is the recommended amount daily for an adult (according to MFP). I love salt, so thats a hard goal for me lol.
    By all means change it if you're looking for a low sodium diet, but theres no need to really unless you have heart problems.
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    I also come in way under the allowance but I basically ignore it.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    2,500 was the old amount set by the American Heart Association (actually I think their goal was 2,400 but who's arguing). That amount is too high and not what the AHA recommends any longer. The new amount is no more than 2,300 with 1,500 recommended.

    If you are in a high risk group then you should aim for the 1,500 amount or lower to reduce your risk of developing HBP.
  • ChihGirl
    ChihGirl Posts: 17 Member
    Thank you, everyone!! :smile:

    I changed it to 1,500 because there are heart problems in my family.. Can't hurt to be safe, right? :smile:

    2,500 is the recommended amount daily for an adult (according to MFP). I love salt, so thats a hard goal for me lol.
    By all means change it if you're looking for a low sodium diet, but theres no need to really unless you have heart problems.

    I like salt too! It really brings out the flavor in foods. And I always thought I ate way too much salt!! That's why I was so surprised that I was so far below their goal.. I have barely over 1000 for today. I just started this yesterday, so maybe it's just today? I don't know.. Lol :huh:
  • palmerig88
    palmerig88 Posts: 623 Member
    Your spaghetti would have some. Sometimes people don't enter it into the database. You might not worry about sodium and track to see if you are getting any protien and fiber etc. I stop tracking what I'm not worried about so I can see more info
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    Some goals are a max and some are a min. Sodium is one of the ones that's intended as a max, i.e. at most 2300.

    Iirc the absolute minimum for sodium is far, far lower than that -- more like 500.
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