Nine out of 10 Americans get too much sodium every day, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That means only 1/10 of us get it right! And the CDC says just 10 types of foods make up more than 40 percent of our sodium intake. Which ones? Drum roll please…
The top 10 sodium offenders are:
- Breads and rolls
- Luncheon meats like deli ham or turkey
- Pizza
- Poultry
- Soups
- Cheeseburgers and other sandwiches
- Cheese
- Pasta dishes
- Meat dishes like meat loaf
- Snack foods like potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn
Yes, bread beat out potato chips! And there are many other foods out there with sodium that might surprise you. Then there’s the whole crazy amount of sodium in soy sauce FFTV showed you last week.
Remember, you should have no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day. And just 1,500 milligrams is the recommendation for more than half of Americans (if you are 51 and older, African American, and anyone with high blood pressure, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease).
The CDC’s new report finds the average person has about 3,300 milligrams of sodium per day! And that does not include any salt we add to food ourselves.
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I tweeted about this bread thing yesterday! Yes, bread, not because it has more sodium than other foods BUT because people eat more of it each day! I love my bread BUT I buy my healthy stuff!
I saw that list yesterday. It seems to cover plenty of the foods most people eat.
I stay careful with minimizing salt in my diet. Once I broke the salt addiction years ago, it tastes bitter to me.
What I find interesting in when you talk about cutting out sodium in your die most people think about only the salt shaker.
I was amazed about where sodium hides in other foods even beyond what is listed. Alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer and hard liqour; coffee; fresh meats in deli store; frozen vegetables now contain sodium. Since following a low sodium diet I have lost a great deal of weight and my stress and anxiety is much lower.
Hi Miss Miss,
Yes, most sodium we get is not from the salt shaker at all, as you know! Congrats on your weight loss… and stress-relief.