Sodium everywhere

Yeah, it's really frustrating for people like me who are medically salt sensitive due to hypertension.Have stopped eating at fast food chains ortaking instant soups,noodles,chips ad snacks that are packaged.Probably a good thing.Forced to prepare low salt meals most days from raw or fresh ingridents which can sometimes be a pain when busy at work or travelling.Requests for low salt meals at resturants or food stores are not always successful.

Yes, I was just thinking about that. I had my blood pressure taken yesterday and it was on the high side. I'm amazed at how much sodium is in any processed food, not just fast food either....even at a nice bistro they don't care, it's all about taste.

Even healthier lines like Amy's vegetarian foods have a ton of salt. I really don't get it.

#2.Exactly what happened to me two days ago after an enjoyable tasty meal of smoked sausages and saurkraut at a nice German resturant.The bloody blood pressure shot up to 180/97 yesterday morning but fortunately now down to 150/90 today after increased medication and a day of almost totally salt free diet.What a bloody pain!

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<hr>why does instant soup require so much more salt than home-made soup?<hr></blockquote>
To make it taste better.

Yeah, mine changed within the course of an hour. I went for a routine checkup at my dentist and they take your BP reading as a matter of course and the first one was 140/82 and the second one was 122/80.

I don't know what to believe. How coud it fluctuate that much in an hour?

does the salt maybe act as some sort of preservative? I have no idea.

Interesting. I know nothing about blood pressures, but is it correct to infer from your examples here that salt influences the first number (systolic pressure) but not (or not so much) the second?

#3 -- Do you have to measure this every day? What is the normal range of fluctuations?

Manch: Some people have "white coat" blood pressure; when they see someone in a white coat approaching (a doctor, for example), their pressure rises.

Mine is usually within the lower limits of normal, but every time I have had any kind of medical procedure for which I am not anesthetized, the nurse checking my blood pressure beforehand will comment on its being high. In most cases it is back to normal by the time the procedure is over.

Here's an excerpt from Amy's Website. I really like their products BTW, but have wondered why the sodium is so high.....

Q. Why is there so much fat and sodium in some your products?

A. Amy's Kitchen tries to minimize the amount of fat and sodium in all our products, but we also want the products to taste the very best they can to the large majority of Amy's customers. So, although some of Amy's products are acceptable to many who are generally trying to cut down on fat and sodium, they are not intended specifically as medical foods. Amy's customers should read the labels carefully and make their own decisions regarding the use of Amy's products as part of their overall diet plan.