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Author: Jerry AvinsJerry Avins Date: Nov 14, 2006 08:41
Gary wrote:
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Gary" wrote:
>>> For those of you who watch your salt intake, please tell me.....what is
>>> considered an acceptable amount of sodium per day?
>>>
>>> More specifically, would 2 cups of a very thick vegetable soup (more like
>>> a
>>> stew) that contains 1400mg of sodium, be considered as bad or not so bad?
>> That would be a lot. My wife has CHF and is supposed to limit sodium to 1200
>> mg a day. Healthy people should be less than 2000 mg a day. One meal of
>> soup won't kill you, but watch out the rest of the day. Once you get used
>> to low salt, you find that food actually tastes better in most cases. I
>> still salt potatoes a bit though.
>
> Thanks Edwin (also to Carole and Jerry) for the info. It's surprising how the
> sodium can quickly add up with commercial food.
>
> Here's what I was talking about specifically: First of all I made about a
> gallon of vegetable soup using homemade chicken broth with fat removed. To this ...
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Author: Jerry AvinsJerry Avins Date: Nov 14, 2006 18:23
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Gary" wrote in message
> news:455369B2.24C7FF16@worldnet.att.not...
>> For those of you who watch your salt intake, please tell me.....what is
>> considered an acceptable amount of sodium per day?
>>
>> More specifically, would 2 cups of a very thick vegetable soup (more like
>> a
>> stew) that contains 1400mg of sodium, be considered as bad or not so bad?
>
> That would be a lot. My wife has CHF and is supposed to limit sodium to 1200
> mg a day. Healthy people should be less than 2000 mg a day. One meal of
> soup won't kill you, but watch out the rest of the day. Once you get used
> to low salt, you find that food actually tastes better in most cases. I
> still salt potatoes a bit though.
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Author: GaryGary Date: Nov 16, 2006 09:54
Jerry Avins wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
>> Here's what I was talking about specifically: First of all I made about a
>> gallon of vegetable soup using homemade chicken broth with fat removed. To this
>> I added 12 different vegetables, nine fresh and 3 frozen. Also added some fresh
>> garlic and ground pepper. No salt here except for trace amounts that any
>> ingredients might have naturally. Like I said, it's very thick like a stew.
>> I've got my (sodium free) soup frozen in pint containers. For the next pint
>> that I thaw to eat, I'll try adding 2 cups of Lipton soup made with 4 cups
>> broth instead of 2 cups, and mix those. This would cut the final result in
>> half to 350 mg per cup and will still taste good, I think. Or maybe I'll just
>> skip the Lipton soup altogether...my stuff isn't "bad" at all.....just a little
>> plain tasting.
> Instead of a commercial soup mix, try cooking your own noodles in the
> broth....
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Author: Edwin PawlowskiEdwin Pawlowski Date: Nov 9, 2006 16:13
"Gary" wrote in message
news:455369B2.24C7FF16@worldnet.att.not...
> For those of you who watch your salt intake, please tell me.....what is
> considered an acceptable amount of sodium per day?
>
> More specifically, would 2 cups of a very thick vegetable soup (more like
> a
> stew) that contains 1400mg of sodium, be considered as bad or not so bad?
That would be a lot. My wife has CHF and is supposed to limit sodium to 1200
mg a day. Healthy people should be less than 2000 mg a day. One meal of
soup won't kill you, but watch out the rest of the day. Once you get used
to low salt, you find that food actually tastes better in most cases. I
still salt potatoes a bit though.
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Author: CaroleCarole Date: Nov 10, 2006 10:41
Gary wrote:
> Anyway, I'm going to start watching the sodium in my diet and shoot for less
> than 2000 mg per day. I suspect that doesn't come easy. It sounds like it
> will take a lot of planning to keep it that low.
The first time I did food shopping after being told I had to go low
sodium, it took me about 1.5 hours. I'll tell you now - skip the
prepared foods. They are loaded. I don't know if you are into frozen
dinners - there are a few Healthy Choice ones that are not bad. If you
keep to 600 grams of sodium per meal, that leaves you with another 200
for a snack. That is what I try to do. The easiest meal to keep low in
sodium is breakfast. If you eat a good, natural cereal with milk and
fruit, you'll come in under the 600 and have a few more mgs for the
other meals.
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Author: Edwin PawlowskiEdwin Pawlowski Date: Nov 10, 2006 17:26
"Gary" wrote in message
> Anyway, I'm going to start watching the sodium in my diet and shoot for
> less
> than 2000 mg per day. I suspect that doesn't come easy. It sounds like
> it
> will take a lot of planning to keep it that low.
>
> Thanks again to all for your input. :-D
>
> Gary
You're welcome.
It takes a couple of weeks for things to start tasting "normal" with the
lower sodium. Give a try to the Mrs. Dash seasonings also. We use them on
vegetables and they are pretty good even if you don't have to watch the
salt.
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Author: CaroleCarole Date: Nov 10, 2006 23:18
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> You're welcome.
> It takes a couple of weeks for things to start tasting "normal" with the
> lower sodium. Give a try to the Mrs. Dash seasonings also. We use them on
> vegetables and they are pretty good even if you don't have to watch the
> salt.
The Mrs. Dash marinades are also very good!
Carole
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Author: GaryGary Date: Nov 12, 2006 02:54
Steve Wertz wrote:
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> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:29:22 GMT, Gary wrote:
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>> Message-ID: <455462B8.51E3F8C1@worldnet.att.not>
>> From: Gary
>> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-CCK-MCD VERIZON473 (Win98; U)
>
> Why are you trying to cancel your articles? Or is this somebody
> else?
No, it's me. First of all, the reason you see the Verizon version of Netscape
is because I switched to them about 5 years ago, didn't like the service so I
switched back to AT&T. By then, they had an upgrade to 6.0 that I didn't like
so I've kept using the old browser.
> Control: cancel <455462B8.51E3F8C1@worldnet.att.not>
This is actually an ongoing experiment but has become more habit than anything
else. I don't write often and will usually cancel after a day or so or after
getting responses. I'm still trying to figure out how it works and how well.
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Author: Edwin PawlowskiEdwin Pawlowski Date: Nov 12, 2006 04:18
"Gary" wrote in message
> Anyway, cancelling is also an extra line of defense against spambots
> collecting
> addresses. If my old posts have been canceled, they won't be picked up.
> At
> least that's my thinking....maybe wrong though.
If the timing is right, it would double the chances as it would pick up the
cancellation also.
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Author: GaryGary Date: Nov 12, 2006 06:28
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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> "Gary" wrote in message
>> Anyway, cancelling is also an extra line of defense against spambots
>> collecting
>> addresses. If my old posts have been canceled, they won't be picked up.
>> At
>> least that's my thinking....maybe wrong though.
>
> If the timing is right, it would double the chances as it would pick up the
> cancellation also.
Well ARRGHHH! So you're saying that a cancellation doesn't just delete a
post...it adds a 2nd post? oh man. I guess I'll quit that nonsense then.
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