How much sodium is normal? Is this too high?

So I entered all the food I will end up eating today, aside from probably a snack before bed, but my sodium intake is 3,064! That seems like so much! Here is what I ate:

Breakfast: cheese and crackers reduced fat

Snack:100 calorie muffin pack, some baby carrots

Lunch: Subway turkey breast sandwhich on wheat bread with baked lays

Dinner: Same as lunch

Snack: unknown at the moment

So is this a normal sodium count, or is it extremely high? How high is too high?

Do some research on your recomended daily values.

www.netrition.com

RDV:

sodium:2400mg

cholestoral:300mg

sugar:40g

fiber:25g

Unless you have specific health problems that make sodium bad, going over every so often probably won't do much.  You might be a little heavier from water retention the next couple days, but it will go away, on it's own, and no one will notice it but you, so don't worry about it. =]

Crackers = salt

bread = salt

turkey breast (or any deli meats) = salt

baked lays = salt

muffins = salt

All have salt in the baking process.  Keep in mind one teaspoon of salt equals 2500 mg.  It doesn't take much salt to push your numbers sky high.

Oh okay thanks guys. Ugh I think my sodium is pretty high every day, maybe I should cut back on it! Also, is it bad not to have a lot of fruits and vegetables in my diet, like will I still lose weight and be pretty healthy? Or do I have to put more in? I usually eat more of them than today, but still not a lot.

Eat mostly veggies after 3pm, fruits before 3pm.  You tend to be active earlier in the day, so it's easier to burn the sugars off, whereas you become a couch potato later in the evening, so you want the low cal veggies in your system at that hour.

The more veggies you eat, the healthier you'll be.

i know that just in the subway sandwich there is over 1000 !

Original Post by coley_moley:

Do some research on your recomended daily values.

www.netrition.com

RDV:

sodium:2400mg

cholestoral:300mg

sugar:40g

fiber:25g

this is based on a 2000 cal diet though. I asked this question as well.

Food Component DRV

fat 65 grams (g)

saturated fatty acids 20 g

cholesterol 300 milligrams (mg)

total carbohydrate 300 g

fiber 25 g

sodium 2,400 mg

potassium 3,500 mg

protein 50 g

 

• fat based on 30 percent of calories
• saturated fat based on 10 percent of calories
• carbohydrate based on 60 percent of calories
• protein based on 10 percent of calories
• fiber based on 11.5 g of fiber per 1,000 calories

stolen from here: http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/special/foodlabel/dvs .html

 

3000+ is too high. Max you can have is 2500 mg per day. Crackers, subway sandwiches, muffin packs, lays, most of these are processed food and will likely have a lot of sodium. You can make your own turkey breast sandwich and reduce that sodium level significantly by choosing low sodium ingredients.  By looking at that menu, you are also not getting enough calcium (no milk, yogurt.you have cheese but that's not enough and it's also high in fat) which is a metabolism booster. Not having veggies and fruit is going to slow down your weight loss process too, because you will be missing out on fiber.

Except for those of us with low blood pressure and need lots of sodium. Happy, happy day because I'm a saltaholic!  Very low BP though and have been told my large salt intake was actually what I need to do.  Probably pretty rare but John Hopkins site states 80/60 BP is the cutoff to very low BP, which needs treatment.  Mine is usually 90/60...Yay for salt!

This is so different for every person.  I eat tons of soiujm - like 4000-5000 mg a day and my RHR is 35-38 usually, my BP is usually about 80/60 and I have no adverse effects because of it.  However someone with a different BP or HR wouldn't neccesarily be able to eat as much sodium as me.  Its kind of like everything else...it really depends on the person.

ok thanks for all the replies. I usually do get more fruits and veggies in, but I was having a lazy sunday hehe.