Foods High in Sodium Content

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Looking a bit heavier than normal? Foods high in sodium content can lend the impression of a heavier body as excess salt in the daily diet creates water retention. A meal high in sodium content has the potential to create 3 or more 'false' pounds and the retained water can take three or more days to dissipate.

The recommended daily intake by the USDA equals no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium daily. Daily Diet Tips to reduce sodium in the daily diet, as well as the sodium content of foods is located here, at Diet Bites.

Detecting the sodium content of foods can also prove challenging. Even foods that are considered as healthy choices can be mined with sodium. Examples:

Pickles - One small dill pickle contains 324 mg of sodium. Pickles are generally knighted as Salt Kings, but let's compare the king to a healthy food choice - cereal.

Cereal - 1 cup of Kellogg's Raisin Bran contains a healthy dose of nutrients such as grain benefits, but it also contains an unhealthy dose of 342 mg of sodium.

Let's go a step further and examine a cereal that boasts nutrition in its name:

Quaker Instant Oatmeal, NUTRITION FOR WOMEN, Golden Brown Sugar contains 328 mg of sodium per single-serving packet. That's a fairly large dose of sodium.

Even natural foods can be high in sodium content. Examples include: beet greens, oysters, wakame, shrimp, Swiss chard, and celery.

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