Food News: As turkey day approaches, health specialists urge Americans to reduce salt intake

Thinking of taking those processed shortcuts for your Thanksgiving feast? Think again.

...the average American consumes between 3,300 and 4,000 milligrams of sodium a day. Thanksgiving dinner can easily reach those limits. Stuffing can harbor up to 600 milligrams of sodium a serving, plus 300 for gravy. If you bought the salt-added turkey, plan on 490 milligrams. A biscuit can mean 350, although a dinner roll might have half that. Pumpkin pie does not seem salty, but one popular brand has 300 milligrams a slice. Cooking from scratch can slash those numbers. Homemade cornbread for stuffing, for example, has little salt, and there are reduced-sodium broths for gravy.

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Posted by Michael Dupuis at November 20, 2007 8:25 AM