• jscummy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    2500mg is also just not a lot of sodium. 2000 calories is also a recommended daily amount but it’s far too low for a lot of people.

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      1 year ago

      2000 Cal is probably within 30% of what most people should have daily. But your typical American food is going to be 100-200% higher than the daily recommended amount. A Panera Bread French Onion soup in a bread bowl is literally 90% of the daily sodium, but not even half of the daily calories. Remove the bread bowl and it’s still more than 1200mg of sodium for less than 400 calories.

      The biggest thing I look at now when picking out meals is the sodium to calorie ratio. Anything over 1.2 is probably not good.