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What Is Sodium?
Sodium is a part of salt. Sodium is found in many canned, packaged, and
fast foods. It is also found in many condiments, seasonings, and meats.
One of the kidneys important jobs is to filter sodium out of the body and into the urine.
Damaged kidneys cannot filter as well as healthy kidneys can. This can cause sodium to stay
in your body and make your blood pressure go up.
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Sodium
Nutrition Facts
Always read the Nutrition Facts label to compare foods. Serving Size: 1 cup (228g) There may be
more than one
Choose foods with the lowest Percent Daily Value (%DV) Servings Per Container: 2
serving in the
for sodium. The %DV lets you see if a food is high or low Amount Per Serving package, so be
Calories: 260 Calories from Fat: 120 sure to check
in sodium. 5% or less is low and 20% or more is high. % Daily Value* serving size.
Total Fat 13g 20 %
Check the label on fresh meats and poultry. Saturated Fat 5g 25 %
Sodium additives can be used to Trans Fat 2g
Cholesterol 30mg 10 %
make meat last longer. Sodium 660mg 28 %
Total Carbohydrate 31g 10%
Look for foods labeled: sodium free, salt free, Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
This number
very low sodium, low sodium, reduced or less Sugars 5g
tells you the
Protein 5g
sodium, light in sodium, no salt added, unsalted, % DV for
and lightly salted. Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 2% sodium in
Calcium 15% Iron 4% one serving.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000
calorie diet.
l Salt (sodium chloride) l Monosodium glutamate or MSG l Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
l Baking powder l Sodium nitrate l Sodium sulfite l Sodium phosphate l Sodium alginate
l Sodium benzoate l Sodium hydroxide l Sodium propionate