So I was out with a friend of mine the other day to pick up some groceries. He’d just come back from the doctor’s office and he’d been told to limit his salt intake.
The doctor’s words sent him into a panic, he suddenly started looking at the salt content on food labels.
Now, I’m normally pretty supportive and quite knowledgable regarding food. Reading labels isn’t new to me so I was keen to help him.
He’s a stereotypical bachelor, so I didn’t roll my eyes too much when we looked at canned soups. Soup is better than some other options. Although I did have to laugh when he was willing to buy a flavour of soup he didn’t like because it had 5 less grams of sodium.
I was even helpful when it came to canned vegetables, even though I did mention that frozen veggies tasted better and had even less salt.
But I walked away when he started comparing bags of potato chips.
SERIOUSLY?!
You made me ponder the merits of taste over 5 grams of salt for something healthy and then go an buy something that has almost twice your daily allowance for a snack?
SMACK UP THE SIDE OF THE HEAD!
