SODIUM

What is sodium?

Sodium is a mineral that your body needs to retain the right amount of water and therefore the moisture balance throughout the body. Your blood pressure and well functioning of your muscle- and nerve cells are influenced by your sodium intake.

It barely ever happens for someone to have a deficit of this mineral. It happens a lot though, that people consume too much of it. An overdose of this mineral can cause high blood pressure. When untreated, this creates a higher and higher chance of getting heart- and vascular diseases.

When you choose to use sodium in your cooking, choose for a salt with more different minerals, like sea, Himalayan or Celtic salt.

The recommended amount of sodium is 1000 milligrams per adult per day. The maximum about that is recommended for this mineral is 2400 milligrams.

 

Where do I get sodium from?

Sodium can be found in all kinds of food:

- Caviar [1900 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Olives [1720 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Bacon [1524 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Salami [1363 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Feta cheese [1100 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Ham [879 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Old cheese [875 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Sausage [800 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Goat cheese [700 milligrams per 100 grams

- Crab [691 milligrams per 100 gram]

- Sauerkraut [600 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Rye [550 milligrams per 100 grams]

- Oysters [500 milligrams per 100 grams]

 

Sodium is necessary for a lot of crucial activities that take place in your body.

Your blood pressure, your muscles, your moisture balance, they need you to eat your minerals every day.

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