Salt and Sodium in Junk Foods

 

Low Sodium Diet for Heart Disease: Bruce Simon’s story

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Myth: Sodium Reduction in Processed Meat Products is as Simple as Removing Salt from the Recipe

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New study reveals eating too much sodium is No. 1 risk for diet-related death

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Salt Shakedown — How to Avoid Hidden Sodium at the Grocery Store

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Following a low-sodium diet | Ohio State Medical Center

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Where do we get most of our sodium?

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BJC Med Talks The top 10 high-sodium foods

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Foods That Are Surprisingly High in Sodium Common processed foods that are high in sodium include: Baked goods (including bread and buns).Unprocessed fruits and vegetables are usually low in sodium. Most of the sodium Americans eat comes from packaged, processed, store-bought, and restaurant foods. Only a small amount comes from salt added during cooking or at the table.

In fact, most Americans already get more daily sodium than recommended before they ever pick up a salt shaker.sodium Americans consume comes from processed and restaurant foods. Only a small amount comes from the salt shaker, either during home cooking or at the dnneri table.

Processed Food: A Definition. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines “pro cessed food”.According to the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the sodium Americans consume comes from processed and restaurant foods. Only a small amount comes from salting food or adding salt during cooking (which is why it’s okay to add a pinch in your cooking here and there).Sodium is added to processed food for a wide variety of reasons. For example, it is used to control microbial growth, which can cause food to spoil and to cause illness.

Sodium also is used for.Sodium is a mineral that occurs naturally in foods or is added during manufacturing or both. Naturally occurring sodium is in foods such as celery, beets and milk. Packaged and prepared foods can be big sodium culprits.

More than 75% of the sodium we eat comes from processed foods like canned soups, lunch meats and frozen dinners.The vast majority of sodium in the typical American diet comes from foods that are processed and prepared. These foods are typically high in salt and additives that contain sodium.

Processed foods include bread, pizza, cold cuts and bacon, cheese, soups, fast foods, and prepared dinners, such as pasta, meat and egg dishes.Despite what many people think, most dietary sodium (over 70%) comes from eating packaged and prepared foods—not from salt added to food when cooking or eating. The food supply contains too much.

Only a small number of foods account for the majority of sodium consumed in the United States, and examples include: Mixed dishes including pizza, sandwiches, burgers, burritos and tacos. Processed meats such as bacon, sausage, lunch meats and hotdogs. Breads and rolls or grains that include sauces or seasonings that include salt.But the majority of excess salt, or 77%, isn’t spooned into your food—it comes from processed foods. The FDA recently announced a plan to gradually scale.

Despite reductions in the sodium content of processed foods over the past 15 years, most Americans still consume too much salt, based on a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Excessive sodium intake has become a major public health concern over the past few decades.”Many food companies have reformulated products or reduced the use of sodium in processed foods. Today consumers have available to them a broad range of foods containing no sodium or low sodium.

That’s where you’ll find fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. Use caution when shopping the interior aisles where processed, packaged foods tempt you with high sodium content, not to mention fats and sugar. Many foods have very little or no salt, including whole foods and minimally-processed options.

The mean sodium concentrations in the processed food groups that contribute the most sodium to the average Australian diet were 846 mg/100 g (meat and meat products), 467 mg/100 g (bread and bakery products), 353 mg/100 g (dairy), 206 mg/100 g (cereal and cereal products), and 1283 mg/100 g (sauces and spreads).Salt also hastens fermentation and improves the flavor of your dish. No matter what advertising slogans say, all processed foods contain some amount of salt.

Here’s why. Salt is made up of sodium and chloride ions, which are responsible for decreasing the process called “water activity” in food.

List of related literature:

While a few foods such as pickled vegetables and salty snacks are very high in sodium, they are eaten in relatively small amounts, and the biggest contributors of sodium to the diet are breads, baked goods, and processed meats.
from Food, Feasts, and Faith: An Encyclopedia of Food Culture in World Religions [2 volumes] by Paul Fieldhouse ABC-CLIO, 2017
• Salt from all animal products, which are a natural source of sodium The following recommended food tips are designed to reduce salt and sodium intake: • Sodium occurs naturally in many foods and is also added to most processed foods; therefore add salt only sparingly in home cooking and at the table.
from Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span E-Book by Carole Lium Edelman, Carol Lynn Mandle, Elizabeth C. Kudzma Elsevier Health Sciences, 2017
Although our major sodium sources are table salt (composed of 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride) and processed foods, sodium is also a natural component of milk, cheese, meats, and bread.
from The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Matthew McKay New Harbinger Publications, 2000
Table salt (1 teaspoon = 2,300 milligrams of sodium), soy sauce, condiments, canned foods, processed foods, fast foods, smoked meats, salted snack foods, and soups are all rich sources of sodium.
from Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition by Heather Hedrick Fink, Lisa A. Burgoon, Alan E. Mikesky Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006
Foods high in sodium include salt, monosodium glutamate, smoked or processed meats (ham, bacon, frankfurters, cold cuts), salted foods (potato chips, pretzels, salted nuts, popcorn), prepackaged frozen foods, and canned foods.
from Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing by Adrianne Dill Linton, PhD, RN, FAAN Elsevier Health Sciences, 2015
Surprisingly, processed foods—not table salt—contribute the most sodium to the diets of Americans (see TABLE 12.1).
from Nutrition by Paul M. Insel, Don Ross, et. al. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016
About one third of this sodium comes from salt, another one third comes from processed foods, and the rest is from water and other foods (meat, vegetables, etc.).
from Current Surgical Therapy E-Book by John L. Cameron, Andrew M. Cameron Elsevier Health Sciences, 2013
All packaged and prepared foods, canned soups and vegetables (unless marked sodiumor salt-free), ice cream, salad dressings, bread, baking soda, pickles, meat tenderizers (Accent) and meat extenders (MSG, for example) are high in salt.
from The Amazing Way to Reverse Heart Disease Naturally by Eric R. Braverman, Dasha Braverman Basic Health Publications, 2004
Our major sodium sources are table salt (composed of 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride) and processed foods, but sodium is also a natural component of milk, cheese, meats, and bread.
from The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Matthew McKay New Harbinger Publications, 2008
Many foods – wholegrains, meat and dairy products – naturally contain traces of sodium, while processed foods tend to contain high quantities of salt.
from Clinical Naturopathic Medicine E-Book by Leah Hechtman Elsevier Health Sciences, 2012