Comments on: This Is Going Back

By: Quix

Quix — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:49:32 +0000

I accidentally bought regular lemonade instead of diet. And didn’t notice until I opened it. Oops. I drank a little of it, but it didn’t taste right…

We’ll be having some get togethers in the next month so I figure it should get drank then. If not, oh well, it was just a buck…
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By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:04:20 +0000

Diane, you set a great example for us by actually returning that product. I’ll usually eat it and say this time’s the last. But you’ve shown commitment.

I did some research, posted on my blog, about sodium in restaurant food, and I’ll say this – if you only were to use ONE piece of nutritional information to judge processed/restaurant food by, sodium may be even more revealing than calories.
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By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:37 +0000

Salt in foods can be nasty! I’ve never returned something I bought that I decided I won’t eat. I’ve done worse and given it to someone else

By: erin

erin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:16:44 +0000

Wow, 820 mg in one serving?? That’s crazy! I have found myself a few times recently forgetting to look for high fructose corn syrup in stuff, and then I take it home and am mad that I didn’t look more diligently at the label.
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By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:50:17 +0000

Just for future use, you can add tumeric to brown rice and get yellow rice with no sodium hit. The flavor is somewhat curry without the heat, and the yellow coloring is intense . Use care with it though, as it can permanently stain clothing, counter tops and make really interesting fingers for a while. Added bonus is that tumeric is a very potent antioxidant as well.
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By: fittingbackin

fittingbackin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:54:17 +0000

OMG – I had no idea! I’ve never had yellow rice – man who knew?

I’ve done that with recipe ingredients before. Like had to nix a whole recipe once I realized the stats!
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By: Tami

Tami — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:53:10 +0000

Oh yes I have done the same thing! Sometimes the nutritional information changes on things that I have bought for years. I always check now if something says, new, improved or something like that!

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:29:14 +0000

I’ll admit, I don’t pay attention to sodium as much as I should. I buy different kinds of granola bars cause they look great, get them home and then decide they’re not worth it.

I have about six boxes sitting on my pantry as we speak.
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By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:36:24 +0000

I’m not sure if I would’ve returned it or just eaten it and then never bought it again. However, that being said, I am rearranging a lot of what I cook and deciding I need to learn to make my own broths for recipes such as “yellow rice” so that I don’t have to use the high-sodium products.

Both my husband and I were amazed at how much sodium is in canned soups and items like you showed. Wow.

Thanks for talking about this today. I’m revamping and it’s taught me to look for sodium contents as well.
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By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:08:23 +0000

Here’s where I’m guilty of loving my children more than myself. If I accidentally buy apple sauce (for example) that is sweetened, unlike the UNsweetened I always buy, I won’t feed it to them. It’ll just sit there in the pantry, I’ll give it away, or return it. If I buy something for ME that isn’t what I thought it was, I’d probably just eat it, and never buy it again…
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