Easy Rule of Thumb for Limiting Sodium

 

It is no big secret to anyone that processed foods come loaded with sodium (among other problematic ingredients). But short of monitoring your total sodium intake every day, how can you know how much is too much?

Here is a simple to remember rule of thumb from Barry Franklin, director of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Check the product's required nutrition label and compare the milligrams (mg) of sodium with the number of calories in one serving. There should be about the same number or fewer mg of sodium than there are calories. If there are more mg of sodium per serving than there are calories, put it back on the shelf and look for another option.