Question

Sodium Intake ExerciseDirections:1. Pick one day to document your sodium intake for 24 hours.2. Use the chart to document the food eaten and its sodium content. 3. At the end of the day, add up the amount of sodium in milligrams and convert to grams.4. Answer the following questions: a. What were your thoughts on the amount of sodium consumed? b. Are there any changes you will make concerning your sodium intake? i. If yes, what will that be? ii. If no, how will you maintain your sodium intake?

Answer 1

a. Sodium intake per day for a normal healthy person is about 3400mg per day or 3.4gram per day. But the sodium consumed per day is more than this

b. The sodium intake has increased nowadays. To decrease sodium intake the salt intake should be decreased. The foods that are rich in sodium are all preservative added foods like jam, biscuits, French fries, salted butter ,pizza, burger etc. If we can reduce the intake of such Jung food we can really normalise our sodium intake