While researching a recipe I found on-line I found the following: (I knew the search would be bad but it was worse than I expected)
- Regular soy sauce runs from 1100 mg. of sodium per TBSN and UP! If you use a cup in a recipe for 4 that computes to 17600 mg. of sodium divided by 4 servings equals 4400 mg of sodium per serving!!!!!!!!!!!
- Recommended DAILY dosage of sodium recommended by CDC: 500 to keep your body running correctly, 1500 recommended and 2300 max.
- CDC recommendation (Be sure you scroll to the bottom of the page and read the links as to what sodium can do to your body!)
- Conclusion is that the recipe I was researching has 3 x (yes three times) amount of recommended daily dose and about 2 x max sodium per day!! (If you are losing the low amount of the full sodium soy sauce - 1100 mg. per tablespoon)
- Next I research low sodium varieties of soy sauce. I found 8 on a page - SEE LINK
- LOW SODIUM SOY SEARCH ON GOOGLE
- The summary of the eight I clicked on ran under 700 which is more than half of 1100 mg. of sodium. Some numbers I ran into were 680/70/40% (40% lower but no claim on what the original number was)/575/and some of the products didn't even post the MG OF SODIUM!! Doesn't that tell you something?
- CAUTION: WHEN BUYING SOY SAUCE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU READ THE SODIUM PER TBSN ON THE BOTTLE.
