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Table sugar, or sucrose, is half glucose, and half fructose, which is about the same ratio as HFCS...
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda contains 616 mg of sodium. Two tablespoons would be about 12 times that, or 7,392 mg of sodium!
I'd probably pull a Cronenberg and messily explode.
DW and I have had this discussion before. I find it amazing that humans have been roaming around for a couple of million years, we have been turning out nutritionist for at least fifty to a hundred years, and doctors still can't tell us what we should eat. High Carb? Low Carb? High Fat? Low Fat?, cut back salt? cut back sugar? Eat Beef, don't eat beef. Eat only veggies, no paleo diet is best, or the japanese or mediterranean, Russian, European diet is best. Or those long living folks on the mountain top in Tabet.
The word 'soda' in the name is a clue...I know. I couldn't believe how much sodium I was ingesting daily, after reading the label on the baking soda container. Who knew? Plain old baking soda!
Which is exactly why I embrace "all things in moderation" and tune out the rest of the noise.
I think that I'm able to tell when to stop with the sweets. Too much and I'm just not hungry anymore. If I'm eating a bit of chocolate, a few squares are enough for me. Any more and it feels like an overdose. I never want more then the "serving size".
Perhaps that is not so easy to do for others?
Eat real food, not too much...
I do know, I like salt, and too ice cream makes me fat, even though I don't salt it.
I used to wonder about getting enough salt when very active in hot weather. It's interesting because in college I was working on a road crew too and got sort of dizzy at times. Never took salt pills though I heard about them.My personal, nonscientific, take on salt is the amount did not matter much for me as long as I am 'really' active (basketball, Zumba, running each week) I just sweat the salt out. Many years ago, when working on road construction during college summers, we used to take salt pills to help us with heat/dehydration. Now when a very active person is injured or suddenly stops that level of activity then the salt needs to be cut back, and that may not be easy.
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Life is too short. All things in moderation, indulge yourself once in a while. No telling when an 18-wheeler will blow a red light and t-bone your car.
That's pretty scary. I'm glad that right now I don't have to pay too much attention to the labels because one of my favorite quick meals is canned soup (usually chicken noodle) with a lot of stir-fried vegetables thrown in.
Short article that suggests that salt may not be as bad as sugar.
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But the granola is low-fat and high fiber.spoon for spoon Froot Loops contains 20% less sugar and roughly 1/3 the calories as Special K granola.
FWIW worth here is my current breakfast cereal favorite which has lots of fiber:I read an article today comparing Special K granola to Fruit Loops.
But the granola is low-fat and high fiber.
This, from the Arizona Dept. of Health Services - Eat Less Salt - The Difference Between Salt and Sodium
It kind of contradicts the last post on salt vs. sodium. I'm definitely no chemist, so I may be mis-interpreting things. I always thought there was a very close relationship between salt & sodium.