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[I am still oxox]

I have BP issues and need to keep my sodium to 2000mg per day. I am floored by the sodium content in some items like ramen noodles. Even the so called diet version has at least 50 mg of sodium

[spumoni99]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

I have BP issues and need to keep my sodium to 2000mg per day. I am floored by the sodium content in some items like ramen noodles. Even the so called diet version has at least 50 mg of sodium

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@I am still oxoxRamen is just empty calories with no nutrional benefit.  Lots of better food options out there.

[Tinkrbl44]

@I am still oxox 

I'm also a low-sodium gal, and would never buy and eat ramen noodles.  They are the WORST.  I think they have even more sodium than noodles in those cups!  (My mother used to call those "cup a soups" to be "cup a chemicals".  

I don't know what you usually eat, but ANY processed food is going to shock you.

It's time to go back to just plain, clean food, at least part of the time.  Plain brown rice, steamed veggies, etc.  

While you can obviously use seasonings, herbs and spices, make sure they don't have sodium in them.

Also be alert to the Low Sodium versions of sauces ... spaghetti sauce, soy sauce, etc.   

Good luck.  

[I am still oxox]

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@I am still oxox wrote:

I have BP issues and need to keep my sodium to 2000mg per day. I am floored by the sodium content in some items like ramen noodles. Even the so called diet version has at least 50 mg of sodium

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@I am still oxoxRamen is just empty calories with no nutrional benefit.  Lots of better food options out there.

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@spumoni99 I am not buying them my husband saw an ad on line and I had to show him in black and white what the stats are. I use shirataki noodles which are very low in all counts. I do not think I have ever eaten that kind of ramen in my life

[I am still oxox]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@I am still oxox 

I'm also a low-sodium gal, and would never buy and eat ramen noodles.  They are the WORST.  I think they have even more sodium than noodles in those cups!  (My mother used to call those "cup a soups" to be "cup a chemicals".  

I don't know what you usually eat, but ANY processed food is going to shock you.

It's time to go back to just plain, clean food, at least part of the time.  Plain brown rice, steamed veggies, etc.  

While you can obviously use seasonings, herbs and spices, make sure they don't have sodium in them.

Also be alert to the Low Sodium versions of sauces ... spaghetti sauce, soy sauce, etc.   

Good luck.  

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@Tinkrbl44 Thank you I eat clean I do not use soy, or spagetti sauce. I am now looking at all labels. I have never eaten ramen in my life and our cabinet is stocked with Mrs Dash. I have not eaten a canned soup or vegtable in over 20 years

[Tinkrbl44]

@I am still oxox 

So, just wondering here .... where is the excessive sodium coming from in your diet?  

[MaverDaver]

Obviously you don't read labels until now.

[Kachina624]

There was supposed to have been a bill passed by Congress some years ago requiring food processors to lower the sodium in prepared foods. 

I'd like to know what in the heck happened to it 'cause, for sure, nothing has changed. There has been plenty of time for it to have been implemented.

There are some things I eat where I'm later up half the night taking sips of water because they make me so thirsty.

[I am still oxox]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@I am still oxox 

So, just wondering here .... where is the excessive sodium coming from in your diet?  

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@Tinkrbl44 More than sodium can cause BP issues, family history, stress, etc

[I am still oxox]

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@MaverDaver wrote:

Obviously you don't read labels until now.

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@MaverDaver I always read labels I was just amazed at the sodium count in this particular item