Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-02-07 8:19 p.m., Carol wrote:

Graham wrote:
 

 

There was a salt tax in Italy that caused the bakers to make
salt-free bread. Although no longer levied, they still make that
bread.  People don't realise how much salt is in bread - it's a
significant source.

 
The average slice of bread is about 165mg sodium per one of my
googles (results vary a lot).  Hardly 'high sodium'.  You can
compare with breads and types and some are higher while others are
lower.  USDA says 2,000mg a day.
 
Mine work out a 127mg per slice of bread from added baking salt.  I
didn;t look up flour and such.  Maybe it's all the preservatives
hiding more sodium?
 
Allowances are 2,000mg sodium per day.  Even 2 slices a day fit in a
low sodium diet.

 
 
Not that I have been really diligent about watching my exact  salt
intake, I do remember that 300 mg was about the limit salt in a
serving of anything. That  127 mg per splice puts you pretty close to
that limit if you have a sandwich, and that isn't even counting the
filling for the sandwich.

True but I suspect that he meant exactly 'per serving' like in: 1
serving vegetable, 1 serving potato, 1 serving meat.  That would be
900mg potentially for 1 meal which isn't good.  This time unless you
use a salty deli meat with cheese, you'll be apt to fall at somthing
like 450mg for the whole meal.  Well in safe zone.

Did he give you a total to aim for if it's ok to ask?  They usually do.
Don is supposed to keep to under 1800mg a day and for a buffer, he aims
to 1600mg or 530mg per meal and the rest goes to his beloved pretzels
in the evening with a beer.  We found a reduced salt pretzel he likes
better than the saltier ones so all is good.

If it helps, Morton Lite salt (50% less sodium) is what he likes. A lot
of the others tasted metallic or chemical-like so we tossed them.  The
one thing to watch for with Morton Lite salt is elevated potassium.
That's what replaced the salt and depending on your meds, it may not be
advised to raise potassium levels (he/she'd know). They could
interfere?  Don's potassium went up so he had to trim back use of the
lite salt but not radically.  Mostly he was eating too many bananas (I
think that was it and the combo was too high).