I just came to the US and enjoyed my simple cooking style. Recently, I read an article about how US adults were consuming too much sodium and rushed to my food to check. Everything had sodium. My almond milk had 7% sodium in a serving… Why??
Because the government adds sodium to everything to fuel the electronic monitoring devices that have been implanted in us as part of the covid immunization ruse…or it could be the sea salt added to almond milk to enhance the flavor.
Our bodies need sodium (a micronutrient) to survive. But not as much as we get from eating packaged foods. As someone mentioned earlier, this causes bloating and it can be significant.
I do not eat packaged or processed foods (for the most part) so I need to add sodium to the foods I prepare (usually baked chicken and salads, eggs, etc.). If I do not add at least 2 grams of daily, I can experience light headedness and dizziness. If I eat something packaged or processed, I don’t add sodium for the day.
But, yes, packaged foods contain huge amounts of sodium. The American Heart Association recommends no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) a day and moving toward an ideal limit of no more than 1,500 mg per day for most adults.
Flavor and preservation. There’s sodium in literally everything- even fruits and vegetables. Limit processed foods and dining outside of the home to avoid overconsumption. But don’t avoid it. It’s an essential electrolyte. You need salt.
Almond milk most definitely is not 7% sodium and maybe you need to understand RDA labels a bit better. It probably had 7% of the RDA for sodium per serving, which is not out of the norm for comparable foods/beverages. Also, the RDA is not a minimum or maximum, it’s just a rough idea.
Salt and sodium are two different things, however excessive sodium can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. Sodium exists in foods as glucose/fructose exists in fruit. Unless you are drinking 2 litres of almond milk you’ll be okay for sodium consumption
If you read about the history of sodium as a preservative before refrigeration was invented, I think part of civilization’s use now is a ‘ carryover’ for many years past.or maybe not… just a thought.
Canada has sodium in most of our fast foods, look at the food on the shelf Kraft dinner bacon canned foods like canned foods like ravioli, spaghettio’s, I see people grabbing for the salt shaker before even tasting the food we have become salt loving salt society
Who cares? Sodium is not unhealthy, whatsoever, if you are an in shape and somewhat active person. It’s an overhyped ‘dangerous food’ which is, in fact, absolutely essential to human survival and bodily function.
Perhaps try the old foods in their Natural Form. Drinking Milk in Raw form or Pasturised Whole Milk from A2 Cows or Buffaloes.
Eat Almonds instead of Almond Milk.
May be we all need to get back to the old eating and drinking practices, to get better at our health.
When I say this, I don’t mean that people should consume meat and eggs raw. Ofcourse cook your meat and eggs. But use minimal SALT in the cooking process.
Stop Eating processed foods.
Chips/Crisps, Burger, Fries, Pizzas, Pastas.
Get back to eating Home cooked Whole Grains / Beans & Legumes, Eggs, Meat, Whole Fruits and Berries (instead of juices or packaged Dried fruits and berries), Vegetables, Whole Milk from A2 Cows or Buffaloes, Unsalted Home Made Butter, Home made Yogurt & Home made cottage cheese.
Definitely, it will take more time & effort for you in the kitchen but then you will also be able to control the kind of Nutrient you are ingesting in your body through food including Sodium.
Hope this helps.
Thank you so much.