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The 20 Saltiest Foods In America
msnbc.msn.com — To protect your heart, your bones, your muscles, and your tastebuds, we scoured takeout menus and supermarket shelves to expose the 20 saltiest foods in America.
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- supguy, on 07/29/2008, -14/+6Do news outlets really have nothing better to spend time and money on?
- haydesigner, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1Do you?
- PopcornDave, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Nope. It's getting close to the sweeps period again I believe so expect more of this fluff crap that's mostly common sense to anybody who has over a modicum of intelligence.
- skewl, on 07/29/2008, -2/+28An interesting thing happens when you go on a low sodium diet. At first you miss the salt, but then your systems adjusts and you do not miss salt, in fact, most restaraunt food will start tasting too salty to you
- JerichoSam, on 07/29/2008, -1/+9I agree. I use very little salt at home, and restaurant food is often too salty for me. I cringe when I see TV chefs adding "a little" salt!
- wuvamber, on 07/30/2008, -4/+2True, Americans consume way too much sodium and then get used to it
- Typhoon2009, on 07/30/2008, -1/+2Ditto (god I hate that word). I'm not a sodiophobe (would that be the right word for a person afraid of sodium?), but I try to limit the amount of salt I take in. It's enough that most hams taste really salty to me.
- BradHAWK, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5Halophobe.
- jd72277, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7Please don't take my salt away! I don't drink or smoke, and was a vegetarian for many years. Salt is all I have left to love!
- dragon76, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1Love your stroke and heart disease all you want, how about you just ADD the salt instead of people like you that complain food has no flavour (are your tastebuds THAT plebian?) without twice the RDA of sodium being forced on the rest of us.
- jd72277, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1lay off dude, I am only playing. I need to lower my sodium intake so I can finally be a super-human anyway.
- mu0p, on 07/30/2008, -1/+2I've been wanting to cut back on salt for awhile, but don't really know where to look up ingredients for restaurants, and feel like I'd be to pushy if I asked the waiter how much salt was in each dish. If one were to want to cut back on salt when eating out, where do you look up the ingredients?
At the super market I know to obviously just look at the back.
Also what are some dishes/foods that require little if not no salt at all?- winampman2, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Check their website. They will rarely have a big link that says "nutrition" on the front page, but you'll find it if you look around enough, usually somewhere on the "Menu" page.
However:
All the food that you'll find at a supermarket is required by law to disclose certain information like trans fat, sodium, calories, serving size, etc. Unfortunately, there are no laws for restaurants. Its completely voluntary. So if you can't any nutrition information on a restaurant's website, they're either A) lazy, or B) hiding something.... - dragon76, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1iPhone/Touch users can download a program from the app store called Restaurants that has a lot of the major fast food places and updates the menus of them frequently.
- winampman2, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Check their website. They will rarely have a big link that says "nutrition" on the front page, but you'll find it if you look around enough, usually somewhere on the "Menu" page.
- SayanarA, on 08/10/2008, -0/+0I agree with you, the food in restaurants always seemed to me very oversalted (except couple of expensive restaurants)
- josepablos, on 07/29/2008, -1/+14salty food.. no thank you.. one cold beer please..!.
- idc5, on 07/29/2008, -5/+5Nowadays, almost every restaurant tries to serve you extremely salty foods in hopes that you will order drinks which make up a large portion of a restaurant's income.
- mike17032, on 07/30/2008, -3/+4Since most places offer free refills on the drinks you would order when you are thirsty, your logic is flawed. Invent more strange theories please.
They serve salty food because its what most people like.- jd72277, on 07/30/2008, -1/+3No, they serve salty food because they have a deal w/ doctors who treat HBP... yeah, thats gotta be it!
- Nossie, on 07/30/2008, -1/+6unless you are from outside America...
at least in the uk (and I'm sure many others) free refills are few and far between....
One was a special buffet at pizza hut and the other was 1 chinese buffet place I dont remember which...
Cinemas screw you the most for food..... restaurants screw you for drinks :(
- mike17032, on 07/30/2008, -3/+4Since most places offer free refills on the drinks you would order when you are thirsty, your logic is flawed. Invent more strange theories please.
- recalcitrantid, on 07/29/2008, -3/+10No wonder I love Macaroni Grill, I'm a salt maverick!
- jd72277, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1I thought it was OK but once we got a Carraba's in town, forget MG!
- StripeyMagee, on 07/29/2008, -1/+7I find canned anchovies to be quite salty..........
- AmyVernon, on 07/29/2008, -2/+8woo-hoo! now i know where to eat out and what to order.
- tito13kfm, on 07/30/2008, -2/+8When I was younger I would lick the salt licks my parents would put out for the deer... I also ate bouillon cubes. Let's just say my sense of taste is now ***** and I salt pretty much everything.
- Typhoon2009, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1I used to eat bouillon cubes, no idea why.
- svartgotik, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5I used to lick salt blocks too and nowadays I'll want to salt my popcorn midway while they're filling up the bucket at the movie theater, In fact, I refuse to go to a theater in my town because they don't have shakers of popcorn salt, they have packets of table salt. I ABHOR table salt.
When I have my heart attack, I hope my heart comes erupting out of my chest.- archer104, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3I was going to try to say something that would scare you straight but then I read your last line.
Now I must join you. - BradHAWK, on 07/30/2008, -1/+2I usually ask for a courtesy cup and pour salt in it from the shaker so I can keep salting as I eat my way down. Usually by the time I leave the theater my lips are numb.
- svartgotik, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1@BradHAWK
That's a good idea, but I usually carry a little shaker of popcorn salt with me when I go, it's about a buck at most grocery stores and is pretty handy. I don't salt my food usually (except for Wendy's fries and frozen pizzas) but I have to have that numb lip sensation with popcorn. - monsterenergy, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Heh, I used to pour a salt packet or two into a dish of ketchup for my french fries. Not anymore.
- archer104, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3I was going to try to say something that would scare you straight but then I read your last line.
- KingGorilla, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2even the water?
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -6/+9they forgot my balls
- FGJfighter, on 07/30/2008, -2/+7you mean Chef's balls.
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3touche
- krets, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Pete Schweaty's Balls
- FGJfighter, on 07/30/2008, -2/+7you mean Chef's balls.
- dakbonsa, on 07/30/2008, -5/+3Even without obligatory comment about putting information in 20 separate pages, it' just sick. It's just sick that you are eating buckets of salt when you are eating those "healthy" food
- dangsta, on 07/30/2008, -1/+10macaroni grill seems to be on every do-not-eat list that men's health puts out.
- mrblister, on 07/30/2008, -4/+1Burp.
- IIECONII, on 07/30/2008, -2/+5Unicorn Tears strangely absent from said list.
- archer104, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6That's a common misconception. Unicorn tears are actually rich in essential vitamins and minerals. However, to get the healthiest tears, doctors recommend kicking the unicorn in the nuts and then holding it down while you lick its eyeball repeatedly. Feel free to talk dirty to it. The point is to make the unicorn feel humiliated. Oh, and try not to get stabbed by the horn.
- smt12, on 07/30/2008, -1/+4Salt: The silent killer.
- lindasue, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1And yet my boss showers salt on everything. Last year, she developed diverticulitis. Her doctor wanted to operate, but couldn't until she got her blood pressure down. My boss lied to her doctor about her salt intake, and he gave her pills to lower her blood pressure. A couple of months later, she had surgery. She's back at work now, and none of her old eating habits have changed. It's disgusting to watch. Pfft.
- dakbonsa, on 07/30/2008, -1/+74For people who are too lazy to flip through 20 pages (Forbes style article):
20: Saltiest Side Dish
Denny's Honey Smoked Ham, grilled slice
# 1,700 mg sodium, 85 calories
19: Saltiest Dessert
Atlanta Bread Company Raspberry Scone
# 1,750 mg sodium, 360 calories
18: Saltiest Soup
Baja Fresh Chicken Tortilla Soup
# 2,760 mg sodium, 320 calories
17: Saltiest Burger
Hardee's 2/3 lb Monster Thickburger
# 2,770 mg sodium, 1,420 calories, 108 g fat
16: Saltiest "Healthy" Food
Chili's Guiltless Grill Chicken Platter
# 2,780 mg sodium, 590 calories, 85 g carbs
• 15: Saltiest Pasta
Fazoli's Rigatoni Romano
# 3,180 mg sodium, 1,090 calories, 54 g fat, 101 g carbs
14: Saltiest Chinese Entrée
P.F. Chang's Beef with Broccoli
# 3,752 mg sodium, 1,120 calories, 65 g fat
• 13: Saltiest Breakfast
Arby's Sausage Gravy Biscuit
# 3,754 mg sodium, 961 calories
12: Saltiest Beef Entrée
Bob Evans Steak Tips and Noodles
# 4,131 mg sodium, 822 calories, 43 g fat
11: Saltiest Frozen Dinner
Swanson Hungry-Man XXL Roasted Carved Turkey
# 4,480 mg sodium, 1,360 calories, 70 g fat
10: Saltiest Bread
Dunkin' Donuts Salt Bagel
# 4,520 mg sodium, 320 calories, 62 g carbs
9: Saltiest Sandwich
Quiznos Turkey Bacon Guacamole Large Sub with Cheese and Reduced-Fat Ranch Dressing
# 4,670 mg sodium, 1,120 calories, 49 g fat, 116 g carbs
8: Saltiest Pizza
Pizza Hut Meat Lover's Stuffed Crust Pizza (3 slices of the 14'' large)
# 5,070 mg sodium, 1,560 calories, 87 g fat, 114 g carbs
7: Saltiest Comfort Food
Denny's Meat Loaf Dinner (with Mashed Potatoes and Corn)
# 5,080 mg sodium, 1,210 calories, 69 g fat, 97 g carbs
6: Saltiest Salad
Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Florentine
# 5,460 mg sodium, 840 calories, 53 g fat
5: Saltiest Mexican Entrée
Chili's Buffalo Chicken Fajitas
# 5,690 mg sodium, 1,730 calories, 107 g fat, 143 g carbs
4: Saltiest Kids' Meal
Cosi Kid's Pepperoni Pizza
# 6,405 mg sodium, 1,901 calories, 93 g fat, 190 g carbs
3: Saltiest Seafood Entrée
Romano's Macaroni Grill Grilled Teriyaki Salmon
# 6,590 mg sodium, 1,230 calories, 74 g fat, 79 g carbs
2: Saltiest Appetizer
Papa John's Cheesesticks with Buffalo Sauce
# 6,700 mg sodium, 2,605 calories, 113 g fat, 296 g carbs
1: The Saltiest Dish in America
Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Portobello
# 7,300 mg sodium, 1,020 calories, 66 g fat
Lastly:
The USDA Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for Sodium Intake equals no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium per day.- Jkins019, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3Thank you
- p0ss, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1yes, thankyou, not just for helping me skip pages, but for stopping that annoying flash of white each time.
- smacksaw, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Men's Health sucks just as much as Forbes, yet their ***** keeps getting resubmitted under different websites!
- p0ss, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1Thats amazing, out of all those places, only one (pizza hut) has made it to australia, and boy are we thankful for that.
- sat0shi, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3We even have Pizza Hut here in Japan... Amazing, really, especially since it's actually rather close to American pizza. We also have Denny's but it's completely different from American Denny's. Nothing is the same on the menu at all.
- IndigoMoss, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1What I want to do when I travel is go to every "American" restaurant instead of the fancy restaurant foreigners go to. I want to see how our food tastes over there, because I know Japanese people who say Japanese food here doesn't taste anything like what they have over there, same goes for Chinese.
- winampman2, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1And 2400mg/day is already too much.
- Jkins019, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3Thank you
- drgmdp, on 07/30/2008, -3/+5ahgg... do people really eat those *****? the names of the dishes alone sound vomitive
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2what's another word for thesaurus?
- bullox, on 07/30/2008, -8/+3I like to eat salty corn beef hash, but doc says NOoooo No, NOOOOooOOO no no no.
/Winehouse - Typhoon2009, on 07/30/2008, -3/+3Holy ***** @ the Cosi Kid's pizza. Are they sure it's "kid's" and not "kids"?
- redsoxmb545, on 07/30/2008, -3/+2*****, I'm wicked hungry now.
- flowaus, on 07/30/2008, -0/+43Why isn't Salt number 1?
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -11/+2-said the obese american
- Peko, on 07/30/2008, -3/+10I would have thought salt was the saltiest food.
- timmertdf, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lick
#0 - WhittierPoet, on 07/30/2008, -0/+15Who wouldn't figure that a SALT bagel would be really salty?
Please let me know when a stick of butter is going to be on their 20 Most Buttery Foods in America post.- KingGorilla, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1Well they didn't put salt as number one saltiest food
- tahcoboy, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3who the hell would want the salt bagel to begin with?
- 2h3px, on 07/30/2008, -1/+8The baconator REALLY needs to be on that list
- diemunkiesdie, on 07/30/2008, -1/+17Is this by serving or the whole entree? Because number 2 seems crazy.
2: Saltiest Appetizer
Papa John's Cheesesticks with Buffalo Sauce
# 6,700 mg sodium, 2,605 calories, 113 g fat, 296 g carbs
Edit: I did my own research and checked out the Papa Johns website. One serving of cheesesticks is 4 sticks (I usually have three so that seems to be a pretty accurate serving size) and the sodium in one serving is 830mg (35% DV).
I also never dip it in the buffalo sauce 890mg (37% DV). I looked at the sauces on the site and it seems the people who wrote the article went and found the highest sodium dipping sauce that no one uses (I mean seriously Cheesesticks with buffalo sauce, that sounds like crap). Also they really skewed the numbers by not indicating that the numbers they were giving were for someone who ordered the largest amount of cheesesticks possible AND ate them all at once.
This article is pure FUD and I've buried it as such.- Killer_k, on 07/30/2008, -4/+2I agree with u i mean come on
- dorkino, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3yeah come on
- Killer_k, on 07/30/2008, -4/+2I agree with u i mean come on
- Foot56, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6What about cup of noodles?
- rukeypoo, on 07/30/2008, -0/+169 of em?
- winampman2, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I stay away from instant noodles because of the sodium. I know they do taste pretty good though.
- akula89, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2white death
- Sornos, on 07/30/2008, -1/+3Eating salt is fine, so long as you eat potassium to fix things out. Your cells have a "potassium-sodium pump" which exchanges sodium inside your cells for potassium outside of your cells. You'll urinate the excess sodium out. All things in balance.
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3WITCH!
- quiggibub, on 07/30/2008, -1/+3I had to do a low sodium diet when I started with my kidney disease. You really miss the salt when you can't have it. Soups are bland as hell. No matter how fresh the ingredients are, salt is REQUIRED to bring the tastes out and make them pronounced. Unsalted crackers and chips are very disappointing.
- spaceddaisy, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2Herbs and spices will make you not even think back of salt anymore. I am also on a low sodium diet and invested some time on buying and trying spices and mixtures of spices.
Try cooking with paprika powder, curry powder (mixture of different spices), chinese 5-spice (some brands put salt in this mixture, look out for that), garlic, peppers, onions (for sweetness), lemon juice (for sweet & sour dishes) and tons and tons of other possibilities :)
Look here for some great info: http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id= ... - BAFrayd, on 07/30/2008, -2/+3Try to think of food as nutrition, not as a source of happiness. Your taste buds will adjust.
- spaceddaisy, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2Herbs and spices will make you not even think back of salt anymore. I am also on a low sodium diet and invested some time on buying and trying spices and mixtures of spices.
- rdldr1, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2Saltiest potato chips are from Aldis. Thats what you get for bargain bin chips (or crisps to you UK folk).
- GinaJuice, on 07/30/2008, -0/+8This is an honest question: Why list it as 7,300mg? Why not say 7.3 grams? I mean, a milligram is 1/1000th of a gram, right? Once it hits 1,000, why not switch to grams?
/metric newbe- KingGorilla, on 07/30/2008, -0/+6to make it sound like a huge amount. for dramatic effect.
- dorkino, on 07/30/2008, -1/+3To prevent misreading and confusion. Sodium content will always be listed in milligrams. Most people just look at the number and not the metric unit of measure.
- winampman2, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3Yeah, as Dorkino said. A lot of foods out there have very low sodium - for example, 73mg.
Sodium is listed in mg because of the variation that exists (from 0mg to 7000mg). Its too confusing to have 7.3g and 73mg - its just easier to compare 7300mg and 73mg. Especially for old people and others who may not be as sharp as a young person. - kponto, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Because once you start measuring your sodium intake in grams, there's no turning back.
- loopyloopy, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2i love salt, its one of the 3 basic food groups: salt, sugar, fat
- seriouslyorange, on 07/30/2008, -1/+0i believe you mean four basic food groups: candy canes, sugar, candy corn, syrup
- smacksaw, on 07/30/2008, -7/+2According to my ex-wife, #21 is my man-chowder. Thus, she is my ex-wife.
What?- tava0002, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1tmi
- JMPeronto, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5Good information, terrible navigation.
- onClipEvent, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4This list would be so much more interesting with pictures....
- copypastry, on 07/30/2008, -3/+4#1 - salt
- cien750hp, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4recently, ive started making/grilling dinner more. its much more satisfying to know you made the meal and know what is in it, even if it takes more effort. and its cheaper. just thought id share.
- CosmicJustice, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2What?!! You cook your own food? Holy crap. Why didn't I think of that?
- jasonliman, on 07/30/2008, -1/+0Does the list have any picture of the dish? I am just wondering if it is my browser problem or its just suck to read the dish name without a picture.
- browwiw, on 07/30/2008, -2/+5That's the saltiest thing I've ever eaten...and I once ate a big bowl of salt!
- adamk0310, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1This is the the second article I've dugg tonight, after the "female Olympians who weren't" article, that can be related to Futurama.
- nighthwk1, on 07/30/2008, -2/+2There is so much wrong with "Chili's Buffalo Chicken Fajitas" -- buffalo sauce and blue cheese on a taco, not to mention fajitas have nothing to do with chicken.
- Halsfield, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2there was a site somewhere that i saw about 3-4 years ago that would do a review of really awful foods they found on trips around the world. one was a mexican candy that had something like 3x a days worth of sodium in one candy. was hoping to see something like that on here but it turned out to be fast food and restaurant stuff =/
- monsterenergy, on 07/30/2008, -5/+2***** you, two of my friends died because of salt!
- laceration, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1I was worried Anchovy Pizza would be on the list, it's not, I can still eat it yeah!
- ChaosProfessor, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1Giz
- gridity, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1I just found out recently that people with adrenal fatigue can actually benefit from *extra* salt in their diet... and adrenal fatigue is actually a rather common undiagnosed ailment. More on adrenal fatigue here: http://www.naturalnews.com/019339.html
- djepik, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1The saltiest food in the world?
"Seasoned" chicken from Wal Mart. Now don't bash me for buying food from Wal Mart, I'm giving you some good advice here. This stuff tastes more like salt than chicken.
Don't *ever* buy that *****. - o0joshua0o, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1I love salty food! This article will help me to track it down more efficiently.
- capellathestar, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1In Capitalist America - the food salts you!
- capellathestar, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Srsly though - my cousin's egg salad - that should be the winner.
It completely dries up your tongue the second the salad touches it.
Yeah, she is not much of a cook. -
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