I was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on condiments. I use two pretty heavenly, both an unsweetened organic ketchup, and different types of organic mustard (german, dijon, and yellow). The thing that I would be most worried about is the sodium content in the mustard’s, which is around 50-60mg’s per tsp. Do you think that is high enough to have a negative effect if I am eating a decent amount of it 3-4 times per day with meats and veggies?
They have become a staple of flavoring in my diet, as I avoid most everything else because of the negative ingredients. Thoughts?
Unless you’re a few weeks out from a contest (or if you have naturally high blood pressure), I wouldn’t worry about sodium content. When I’m dieting, I need all the condiments I can get my hands on! -lol
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Unless you’re a few weeks out from a contest (or if you have naturally high blood pressure), I wouldn’t worry about sodium content. When I’m dieting, I need all the condiments I can get my hands on! -lol
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Thanks. This along the lines I was thinking. Neither of the condiments contain sugar, they are mostly vinegar and herbs/spices, the sodium is the only slightly bad thing. I don’t eat salt on anything else so I guess it’s probably good to get my sodium from somewhere. I also pound a lot of water throughout the day.
Bet you can’t wait to use some condiments after the contest huh Stu?
Yeah, Mustard is usually okay in any circumstance. Even though I’ll be dropping most of my stuff later this week (pre-contest), I’llprobably keep mustard, and maybe Mrs. Dash (which I just bought 5 varieties of!) as it has no sodium in it.
Just picked up some Frank’s, looking forward to that at dinner. It’s pretty high in sodium, do y’all just let that slide?
I can’t find straight horse radish anywhere, any of the horse radish I find has a lot of fillers including soybean or canola oil. Do stores sell straight horse radish?
The 2nd ingredient listed is tomato paste yet it says 0g Carbs… Okay to use while dieting?[/quote]
Yes that seems fine, unless your in the final week of contest prep or something, I don’t think you need to get worry at all. I use an unsweetened ketchup on everything and it has 1g carbs per serving. Just check the ingredients on what your eating and your good to go.
Just picked up some Frank’s, looking forward to that at dinner. It’s pretty high in sodium, do y’all just let that slide?
I can’t find straight horse radish anywhere, any of the horse radish I find has a lot of fillers including soybean or canola oil. Do stores sell straight horse radish?[/quote]
Frank’s is awesome, great taste and perfect level of spiciness, not hot but just enough kick to satisfy. Love it.
Just picked up some Frank’s, looking forward to that at dinner. It’s pretty high in sodium, do y’all just let that slide?
I can’t find straight horse radish anywhere, any of the horse radish I find has a lot of fillers including soybean or canola oil. Do stores sell straight horse radish?[/quote]
Frank’s is awesome, great taste and perfect level of spiciness, not hot but just enough kick to satisfy. Love it.
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Unless you have pre-existing high blood pressure problems there is no reason to avoid sodium. It’s an essential part of a human’s diet. And if youre eating like an athlete/bodybuilder should you aren’t eating a ton of processed sodium rich foods in the first place. A few splashes of hot sauce is nothing to give extra thought to.
Just picked up some Frank’s, looking forward to that at dinner. It’s pretty high in sodium, do y’all just let that slide?
I can’t find straight horse radish anywhere, any of the horse radish I find has a lot of fillers including soybean or canola oil. Do stores sell straight horse radish?[/quote]
Frank’s is awesome, great taste and perfect level of spiciness, not hot but just enough kick to satisfy. Love it.
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Unless you have pre-existing high blood pressure problems there is no reason to avoid sodium. It’s an essential part of a human’s diet. And if youre eating like an athlete/bodybuilder should you aren’t eating a ton of processed sodium rich foods in the first place. A few splashes of hot sauce is nothing to give extra thought to. [/quote]
Yea I was thinking along those lines, especially the notion that I eat zero junk/processed food as a result of the Paleo Diet, so it’s probably helpful to get sodium from such sources.
