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Baraka_Guru · 08-12-2010, 03:34 PM

Snowy, that's appalling. I had my suspicions, but that's....sad.

I had my own interesting experience with my SO being away for 2.5 weeks. For a good chunk of that time, I decided to eat "like a bachelor": frozen dinners, canned dinners, hot dogs, nachos, etc.

The amount of sodium found in these products is disgusting. Even in the kid's food. Even in the "healthy choices"! How does a company put 900 mg of sodium into a 280 calorie "meal" and call it healthy?

I can't seem to recall if there was always so much sodium in these things. But my tastes have likely changed. One of these Asian-styled entrees had a sauce that I could best describe as a spicy salt sauce. I wish I were exaggerating. They could seriously have put half the amount of sodium and it would have tasted far better.

That's just sodium (and it's everywhere).

Needless to say, I'm moving back to "normal." I just bought a tub of baby spinach, some broccoli slaw, some raw almonds, and some raisins. ...some unsweetened almond milk...12-grain bread...almond butter.... you get the picture.

Unfortunately, few Americans appear to be.

08-12-2010, 03:34 PM	#95 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Snowy, that's appalling. I had my suspicions, but that's....sad. I had my own interesting experience with my SO being away for 2.5 weeks. For a good chunk of that time, I decided to eat "like a bachelor": frozen dinners, canned dinners, hot dogs, nachos, etc. The amount of sodium found in these products is disgusting. Even in the kid's food. Even in the "healthy choices"! How does a company put 900 mg of sodium into a 280 calorie "meal" and call it healthy? I can't seem to recall if there was always so much sodium in these things. But my tastes have likely changed. One of these Asian-styled entrees had a sauce that I could best describe as a spicy salt sauce. I wish I were exaggerating. They could seriously have put half the amount of sodium and it would have tasted far better. That's just sodium (and it's everywhere). Needless to say, I'm moving back to "normal." I just bought a tub of baby spinach, some broccoli slaw, some raw almonds, and some raisins. ...some unsweetened almond milk...12-grain bread...almond butter.... you get the picture. Unfortunately, few Americans appear to be. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 08-12-2010 at 03:46 PM..