Nutition - Is it possible to get a balanced diet?

[C~Q]

"BACON: Less salt than cornflakes?" .

No way!!!

[Astrid]

Just had a quick look at Calorie King:

100g lean uncooked bacon - 1500mg sodium
100g cornflakes - 720mg sodium


30g (1 cup) corn flakes - 215mg sodium

[TheBear]

Smoke cured bacon is very different, much lower salt levels - also worth bearing in mind that much of the salt leaches out of the bacon as it cooks, so it's possible that the statement could be true.

[C~Q]

Jeezus thats scary! Is it true that anything over 500mg should be a no-no?

[christy]

Thanks Bear! I was wondering how they could possible get that statement to be true. In fact when I cooked my soup today I cooked the bacon before putting it in the pot, then I put a bone in for the flavour. I hope that lessens the salt content!

[~Kaz~]

What an interesting thread. Great discussion/debate!

I like Punkin's suggestion of trying to eat 20 different foods per day. That might ensure a balanced diet if you were healthy? That would be a hard thing to do consistently I think, or maybe it just sounds hard? So far today I think I would only have 7 or 8 different foods & even with dinner still to go I don't think I'll make it.