Unfortunately many of our favorite foods sneak sodium into our diet. Reading labels closely is one good way to take caution and avoid consuming too much salt.
The skinnymom.com website offers some sage advice concerning foods that we often enjoy but that put sodium onto our plates and into our mouths. In a two part installment I will highlight the 10 offenders listed. Here are the first 5:
1. Sauces: Beware of pasta sauces, salad dressings and marinades! Even a single serving can clock in at 15% of your daily sodium quota. And that includes ketchup that we slather on our burgers and fries, too. Two tablespoons contain nearly 13% of your daily value.
2. Cold Cuts: Even if you avoid the pre-packaged stuff and head straight for the deli, there's a good chance your meat is packing quite a bot of salt. A mere 2 ounce serving of turkey can bring you to about half of your daily sodium allowance.
3. Cottage Cheese: One cup of cottage cheese boasts only 200 calories, 28 grams of high-power protein, and just 8 grams of carbs for a snack that is perfect for those watching their waistlines. However, it also has about 40% of your daily value of salt, so you may want to consider low-sodium cottage cheese, or Greek yogurt.
4. Bagels: Most people are not aware that bread is actually a major source of sodium. A plain bagel contains about 460 mg of salt - or around 19% of your daily value. An everything bagel boosts that number up to 640 mg!
5. Chicken breasts: And here we were thinking that chicken was a tasty, lean addition to our menu! Some companies inject their meat with salt water to make it plumper and to enhance the flavor. Unfortunately it also jacks up the sodium content to about 400 mg instead of the original 40.
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