Recently, registered dietitian Karen Collins wrote an article about the amount of sodium in boxed rice. She said that eating boxed rice is like being the mayor of Sodium Town during the annual Sodium Festival that is held in Sodium Fields near off-ramp six next to the abandoned sodium mill.
I might be super-phrasing a little.
Anyways and apparently, boxed rice, like the kind from San Francisco, has 1300 milligrams of sodium in it. That's over half the daily recommendation. This is a good deal if you're gunning for hypertension or stomach cancer.
Then the good dietitian tells us not to eat so much sodium and that most of the sodium is in that flavor packet. Which means flavor-packet stew might not be such a good idea. Poor college students need to be alerted to this ASAP.
Finally, the dietitian tells us to eat a bunch of fruit, herbs, parts of bush and a handful of tree bark, normal dietitian pap. What she doesn't tell us is how tasty sodium is and how eating it makes you look cool.
This next bit is irrelevant:
"You should eat light from the sun."
"That's called photosynthesis."
" Seriously, try it."
"I can't. My cells don't have chlorophyll in them, because I am not a ficus."
"My bad."
Now back to semi-relevancy:
Sodium, like all things, should be enjoyed in moderation, and sodium should never be enjoyed alone as the element is a caustic poison that is explosive in water. You want to make sure that the sodium atom is bonded to another atom or molecule like chloride or hydrogen bicarbonate so it can form stable octet and become inert-ish like a noble gas.
An internist or a family physician can help you plan your sodium intake. To find a doctor near you, click here.
