is there a low-sodium sandwhich food?

[Terxpahseyton]

I'm really just curious if sodium is just a stand-in for table salt here or if it has other health effects.

I also picked up that a high intake of sodium requires a high intake of water. And that this would be it. So eating sodium-high food and combining this with sodium-high soft drinks is probably not advisable as a daily routine. If you drink a lot of pure water, sodium shouldn't be a problem though.
I can be wrong of course, but this is what I have gathered so far. Interestingly, you also don't hear much concern about sodium in Germany. It appears to be an American thing.

 

[Zelig]

A good rule of thumb is that, on the nutrition data, the sodium mg should be less than the calories (per serving)

I've been paying some attention to this metric for a while - it leads to some funny results because of differing Caloric densities; salted nuts tend to have less salt/Calorie than processed breakfast cereals.

 

[El_Machinae]

Yeah, it's quite interesting. It means that the thing to 'watch out for' when eating nuts is the calories - the sodium isn't really a concern unless you're over-eating already.

I don't know if GoodSamaritan's quotation is very valuable, it doesn't jive with the basic biology

Here's an extensive, free, scientific article on the topic. The high levels of salt can lead to premature heart malformation, which means that you're laying down the injury while you're still too healthy to notice.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934311009491
Edit: aw, crumb. It moved behind a firewall.

 

[MobBoss]

One thing to avoid is turkey bacon. Yes, the actual meat might be more lean, but the process in making it taste like bacon adds sodium. A lot of sodium.

 

[Save_Ferris]

Subway is just so unbelievably bland and woeful regardless of the sodium content of the meats. The bread is a crime against baking for one. A salad sandwich with delicious bread and quality cheese is far more flavorsome than any meat filled Subway, and I loves my meats.

The bread's better than any grocery store bread, and they have a ton of stuff that I don't have on hand and wouldn't use much.

 

[Quintillus]

You know, I was just reading an article about sodium perhaps not being so horrible the other day. And it's not the only one. I'm not a sodium scientist, so it could turn out that sodium is always bad after all. But, it may be that as long as your sodium consumption is moderate to begin with, it might not be an issue to enjoy the occasional deli meat.

Subway isn't the greatest sandwich shop, but IMO they're not bad. And certainly better than some of their competitors, such as Quinzo's. Although the quality of individual Subways can vary quite a bit.

 

[Archbob]

Most foot-long subs at subway have greater than an entire day's worth of sodium. the recommended amount of daily sodium intake is only 2400mg which almost everyone goes over.

 

[Zelig]

Most foot-long subs at subway have greater than an entire day's worth of sodium. the recommended amount of daily sodium intake is only 2400mg which almost everyone goes over.

Not quite (2300 mg is explicitly not a recommended amount), I'll just copy/paste from the cdc:

The Adequate Intake (AI) of 1500 mg per day is the recommended average daily sodium intake level. The IOM set the AI for sodium for adults at 1500 mg per day to ensure that the overall diet provides sufficient amounts of other nutrients and to cover sodium sweat losses in physically active individuals.

The Upper Limit (UL) of 2300 mg per day refers to the highest daily level of sodium that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the general population. The UL is not a recommended intake and there is no apparent benefit to consuming levels of sodium above the Adequate Intake (AI).

The average daily sodium intake for Americans age 2 years and older is 3,436 mg.

 

[holy king]

One thing to avoid is turkey bacon. Yes, the actual meat might be more lean, but the process in making it taste like bacon adds sodium. A lot of sodium.

turkey is crap meat anyway.

 

[Silurian]

The UK NHS gives a similar maxiumum figure. I assume slighty higher due to counting salt rather than sodium. 6g a day is a nice round number.

Adults should eat no more than 6g of salt a day: that's around one full teaspoon. Children should eat less (see below for recommendations for babies and children).

The daily recommended maximum amount of salt children should eat depends on age:

•1 to 3 years: 2g salt a day (0.8g sodium)
•4 to 6 years: 3g salt a day (1.2g sodium)
•7 to 10 years: 5g salt a day (2g sodium)
•11 years and over: 6g salt a day (2.4g sodium)
Making sure your child doesn’t eat too much salt means you’re also helping to ensure that they don’t develop a taste for salty food, which makes them them less likely to eat too much salt as an adult.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/salt.aspx


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[GoodGame]

Marinade chicken breast in a low sodium sauce, then bake/broil it. Serve it sliced in kaiser rolls.

 

[El_Machinae]

The blood-pressure effect of sodium is being misrepresented a bit in some of the articles. The risk isn't so much that high sodium levels increase the osmotic pressure, it's the high levels of sodium disregulate the extracellular mileu. Sodium is one of the elements by which cells regulate their intracellular signaling and sodium concentration levels determine how 'hard' a cell needs to work in order to maintain homeostasis. The changed electrochemical gradient makes it harder to regulate intracellular calcium stores, as well.