Tag: hypertension
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Have you ever looked at the sodium content of your favorite sauce? 🧂🧂
A few South African favourites and the sodium content: Soy sauce = 2300 mg sodium per tablespoon Teriyaki sauce = 689 mg sodium per tablespoon Tomato sauce = 1.7 mg sodium per tablespoon Chili sauce = 372.6 mg sodium per tablespoon Tomato paste = 9.4 mg sodium per tablespoon 🍅 Instant soup powder = 2400…
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Watch the salt!
One of the biggest contributors to hypertension is a high salt diet. The recommended daily intake of salt: is 1 teaspoon a day. (Salt added to processed food included). 1 teaspoon of salt = 5 grams of salt = 2 grams of sodium (2000mg) 40 grams biltong = 962mg sodium – almost half of your…