Sodium

      Americans eat about 3,400 mg of sodium a day—more than the suggested 2,300 milligrams and double the 1,500 milligrams for people who are over 50, African American, or who have hypertension, diabetes, or kidney disease.  Here are some of the top fast food items you should avoid so you don’t have to take blood pressure medication when you reach 50. Hope this helps!
       This 2-patty monstrosity is a beef-lover’s dietary downfall. With three slices of American cheese and four bacon strips, it has 1,300 calories, 93 grams of fat and 2,860 mg of sodium. With a large fry, you can add 600 calories and 350 mg of sodium.  Totaling 1900 calories and 3210 mg of sodium!
       Here is an odd one. Panera Bread’s Full Bacon Turkey Bravo.  This 800-calorie combination of smoked turkey, Applewood-smoked bacon, and smoked Gouda with lettuce and tomato on a tomato basil loaf tips the sodium scale at 2,800 mg. Cured bacon and processed meats are typically high in sodium. Ouch
       Taco Bell’s Volcano Nachos. These molten nachos with spicy ground beef, pinto beans, and jalapeños break the nutrition bank with 970 calories and 58 grams of fat—more calories and fat than any other single item on the menu—plus 1,670 mg of sodium.
       Yes, a salad made the list.  Wendy’s Baja Salad. This Southwest-inspired salad delivers salt in the chili, pico de gallo, guacamole, cheese, tortilla strips, and Creamy Red Jalapeño Dressing topping. It has 1,975 mg of sodium and 720 calories. The 100-calorie dressing packet alone accounts for 270 mg of salt. No dressing for me I guess.
       KFC provides nutritional information for individual items. I figure this meal—a drumstick, a Crispy Strip, an individual box of Popcorn Chicken, two Home-style sides (I chose mashed potatoes with gravy and cole slaw), a biscuit and a 32-oz. drink (Pepsi)—blasts the daily sodium maximum, with more than 3,000 mg of salt and more than 1,400 calories.  Pretty much avoid KFC altogether.  It has a lot of sodium and calories.
       There are big dangers in consistently eating fast food.  There is just too much sodium and calories to have a healthy lifestyle.  If you do choose fast food, look at their nutrition facts and choose a low sodium option. Have an awesome day Bloggers!.

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