A shake of salt makes everything taste better. Right?
Salt on your eggs at breakfast, salt on your burger at lunch, salt on your steak at dinner, salt on your popcorn for an evening snack. The list goes on. I recently tested a new “improved” taco seasoning mix for McCormick and was unpleasantly surprised that they suggested using the whole packet, a whopping 2280 mg of sodium in a 1.25 oz packet, adding to what’s already in the other ingredients. But then, that’s for 6 tacos and my appetite usually tells me that 3 is my limit.
Even so, that’s 1140 mg of added sodium which is getting
pretty close to the 2300 mg that the Institute of Medicine recommends per day
as the Adequate Intake level for most Americans. Note that if you are in only
one of the categories below your sodium limit drops to no more than 1,500 mg of
sodium per day.Salt on your eggs at breakfast, salt on your burger at lunch, salt on your steak at dinner, salt on your popcorn for an evening snack. The list goes on. I recently tested a new “improved” taco seasoning mix for McCormick and was unpleasantly surprised that they suggested using the whole packet, a whopping 2280 mg of sodium in a 1.25 oz packet, adding to what’s already in the other ingredients. But then, that’s for 6 tacos and my appetite usually tells me that 3 is my limit.
•You are 51 years of age or older.
•You are African American.•You have high blood pressure.
•You have diabetes.
•You have chronic kidney disease.
So, how well do you do on a daily basis when you grab a bite at your favorite restaurant? Check it out below (these are all PER PERSON):
The Cheesecake Factory: Bruléed French Toast
with optional bacon - 2,230
Famous Dave’s: The Big Slab - 4,320mg
The Cheesecake Factory: Farfalle with Chicken
and Roasted Garlic - 1,370mg
BJ’s Brewhouse: Small Deep Dish Chicken Bacon
Ranch Pizza (small) - 4,680mg
Chevys: Super Cinco Combo - 3,950
Joe’s Crab Shack: The Big “Hook” Up - 7,610mg
Maggiano’s Little Italy: Prime New York Steak
Contadina Style - 5,260mg
I know “but it all looks so good”. If you eat this kind of stuff often do your heart a favor and at least don’t reach for the shaker to add even more salt.
[Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest]
QUOTE FOR THE DAY:
“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food
- William Hazlitt
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