Here are some staggering numbers you must keep in mind when eating at your favourite fast food or other restaurants. Some of the numbers are what you should be eating in a week and here you are eating in one meal. Cut sodium down drastically and refuse to eat meals where sodium is the main spice – no good.
- 1 taco salad = 1,800 mg of sodium
- 1 taco or bean burrito = 1,200 mg
- 8 nachos with cheese sauce = 816 mg
- 1 tablespoon of salsa = 96 mg
An Italian restaurant meal delivers:
- 1 serving of spaghetti with meat sauce = 1,600 mg
- 1 slice of pepperoni pizza = 670 mg
Ordering Asian cuisine? Get ready for:
- 1 cup of miso soup = 2,500 mg
- 1 5.5-ounce serving of Mandarin chicken = 1,150 mg
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce = 902 mg
- 1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce = 690 mg
- 1 5.5-ounce serving of mixed vegetables = 370 mg
Faster than you can say “fast food,” you’ll get:
- 1 grilled chicken club sandwich = 1,690 mg
- 1 6-inch submarine with cold cuts = 1,651 mg
- 6–8 breaded and fried shrimp = 1,446 mg
- 1 fish sandwich with tartar sauce =1,270 mg
- 1 cheeseburger = 1,108 mg
- 1 piece of battered fish = 790 mg
- 1.5 ounces of low-fat balsamic vinaigrette = 730 mg
- Plain Caesar salad =180 mg
- Plain Caesar salad with 2 ounces of dressing = 680 mg
- Small order of French fries = 160 mg
- 1 packet of ketchup =100 mg
- Fruit and yogurt parfait = 85 mg
Last updated: November 2007 (Everyday Health)
