Issue 58

 

 

 

 

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Nutrition Question

 

 

It's suprising how much sodium some common foods contain. For example, check out these foods and their approximate sodium content:

 

 

1 small bag of potato chips -- 200 mg

2 large slices of bread -- 450 mg

2 tablespoons of salad dressing -- 500 mg

1 tablespoon of soy sauce -- 900 mg

1 small hot dog on a bun -- 900 mg

3 ounces of ham -- 1,100

1 cup of soup -- 1,100 mg

1 large pickle -- 1,700 mg

 

 

What's interesting about the list above is that some foods that people may think of as being good for you (or at least not that bad for you) like bread and salad dressing are actually high in sodium. A small bag of chips, by comparison, isn't as bad as you might think.

 

 

 

An ounce of bread contains about as much sodium as an ounce of potato chips. But potato chips seem saltier. This is because bread has the salt mixed in, while potato chips are salted on the outside.

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When food is salted on the outside, like chips, pretzels and nuts, only a little salt is needed to make them taste salty. That's because when you eat them, your tongue contacts the outside of the food where all the salt is located.

 

Foods like pickles, soup, soy sauce, salad dressing, deli meats, cheese and bread have the salt incorporated into them instead of the salt being just on the surface. You tongue doesn't taste most of the salt in these foods, because much of the salted food doesn't come into contact with your tongue. Therefore, more salt is needed to make the foods taste salty.

 

 

 

 

Below are some foods that are naturally low in sodium:

 

meat and poultry, unsalted

seafood

fruits

vegetables

nuts, unsalted

olive oil

 

Below are some examples of these foods and their sodium content:

 

 

 

3 ounces chicken breast, unsalted -- 65 mg

3 ounces salmon -- 55 mg

1 medium apple -- 2 mg

2 cups lettuce --  8 mg

1 ounce almonds, unsalted -- 0 mg

1 tablespoon olive oil -- 0 mg

 

It turns out that these are the foods that are recommended on the Caveman Diet. Our cavemen and cavewomen ancestors ate a diet that was naturally low in sodium, which kept their blood pressure healthy.

 

To keep your sodium down, eat Caveman Foods and avoid Non-Caveman Foods. To learn more about following the Caveman Diet, purchase the book, The Caveman Diet at this link:

 

 

 

 

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