Salt by any other name...
I came across this very interesting article regarding the latest push to reduce sodium in processed meals. I should point out that the nutritionists are arguing about the effects sodium in processed foods, not on the effects of processed food itself, but I digress.
I found this fascinating: "He and his team looked at large studies of diets in thirty-three countries. They found that most people around the world eat about the same amount of salt." The implication is that the human body is wired for a certain amount of salt and we eat the amount our body wants. The danger is that we could make ourselves less healthy eating reduced salt foods as our bodies then drive us to eat more calories in an attempt to get the proper amount of salt. Did that same thing happen with the "low fat" diet? Things to make you go hmmmm.
Salt has been used a preservative since the Bronze Age. You would think humans have adapted to eating salt in the last 6000 years, then again, "salt" in this context is Sodium Chloride: not some the sodium you see in the modern meal.
Lean Cuisine Southwest style Chicken Panini (570mg Sodium)
Cooked White Meat Chicken (White Meat Chicken, Water, Seasoning (Salt, Flavorings, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Smoke Flavor, Spices, Caramel Color, Citric Acid), Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Rice Starch, Chicken Flavor (Dried Chicken Broth, Chicken Powder, Flavor, Salt), Sodium Phosphates), Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Light Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack Cheese (Cultured Milk, Water, Potassium Citrate, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Whey*, Sorbic Acid, Cream, Enzymes, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid (*Ingredient Not In Regular Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack Cheese)), Tomatoes, Red Onions, Roasted Green Bell Peppers, Seasoning (Buttermilk Powder, Modified Food Starch, Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Vinegar), Cheese Powder (Semi-Soft Cheese {Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes}, Salt, Lactic Acid), Nonfat Milk, Spices, Lactic Acid, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Flavor (Canola Oil, Sesame Oil, Flavors), Salt, Natural Flavor, Flavor (Salt, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor), Potassium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Flavor (Soybean Oil, Butter Flavor, Turmeric And Annatto Color, Tocopherol), Lemon Juice Powder (Corn Syrup Solids, Lemon Juice Solids, Flavors), Flavor (Flavoring {Contains Canola Oil}), Citric Acid, Smoke Flavor, Cilantro Oil), 2% Or Less Of Yeast, Isolated Oat Product, Flavored Oil (Soybean Oil, Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Butter Flavor, Turmeric&Annatto And Tocopherol), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Dough Conditioner (Guar Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Datem (Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides), Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes), Salt, Sour Dough Base (Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Fumaric Acid, Acetic Acid, Malted Barley Flour, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil, Lactic Acid), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Natural Flavor.
So you have to wonder: is it the Salt of the last 6000 years causing high blood pressure or the Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate and (my favorite) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate?
I found this fascinating: "He and his team looked at large studies of diets in thirty-three countries. They found that most people around the world eat about the same amount of salt." The implication is that the human body is wired for a certain amount of salt and we eat the amount our body wants. The danger is that we could make ourselves less healthy eating reduced salt foods as our bodies then drive us to eat more calories in an attempt to get the proper amount of salt. Did that same thing happen with the "low fat" diet? Things to make you go hmmmm.
Salt has been used a preservative since the Bronze Age. You would think humans have adapted to eating salt in the last 6000 years, then again, "salt" in this context is Sodium Chloride: not some the sodium you see in the modern meal.
Lean Cuisine Southwest style Chicken Panini (570mg Sodium)
Cooked White Meat Chicken (White Meat Chicken, Water, Seasoning (Salt, Flavorings, Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Smoke Flavor, Spices, Caramel Color, Citric Acid), Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Rice Starch, Chicken Flavor (Dried Chicken Broth, Chicken Powder, Flavor, Salt), Sodium Phosphates), Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Light Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack Cheese (Cultured Milk, Water, Potassium Citrate, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Whey*, Sorbic Acid, Cream, Enzymes, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid (*Ingredient Not In Regular Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack Cheese)), Tomatoes, Red Onions, Roasted Green Bell Peppers, Seasoning (Buttermilk Powder, Modified Food Starch, Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Vinegar), Cheese Powder (Semi-Soft Cheese {Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes}, Salt, Lactic Acid), Nonfat Milk, Spices, Lactic Acid, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Flavor (Canola Oil, Sesame Oil, Flavors), Salt, Natural Flavor, Flavor (Salt, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor), Potassium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Flavor (Soybean Oil, Butter Flavor, Turmeric And Annatto Color, Tocopherol), Lemon Juice Powder (Corn Syrup Solids, Lemon Juice Solids, Flavors), Flavor (Flavoring {Contains Canola Oil}), Citric Acid, Smoke Flavor, Cilantro Oil), 2% Or Less Of Yeast, Isolated Oat Product, Flavored Oil (Soybean Oil, Salt, Lactic Acid, Natural Butter Flavor, Turmeric&Annatto And Tocopherol), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Dough Conditioner (Guar Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Datem (Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides), Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes), Salt, Sour Dough Base (Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Fumaric Acid, Acetic Acid, Malted Barley Flour, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil, Lactic Acid), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Natural Flavor.
So you have to wonder: is it the Salt of the last 6000 years causing high blood pressure or the Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate and (my favorite) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate?
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