My Tongue is Burning!
March 24, 2009
We deviated from the normal menu this evening, and ate a ham steak that my MIL brought to us this weekend. I LOVE ham, though rarely eat it, given it’s high fat, sodium, processed-ness. But I made a veggie medley to go with it, and thought “Yeah, treat time!” I also stupidly opted to cook an Uncle Ben’s Country Inn Broccoli Rice Au Gratin rice mix. I apparently had a lobotomy for an afternoon snack.
So I proceeded to devour half the ham steak, plus a serving of the rice. My tongue is actually burning a bit right now. That can’t be good. I have naturally low blood pressure, but I’m starting to think I probably shouldn’t have gone willy nilly on an overly-salted slab o’ pig.
Just out of curiosity, I decided to check out the Nutrition Facts label (it’s your best friend, ya know!). Holy Crap in handbasket. A 3oz serving has 950mg of salt. That’s 40% of your total daily value. In three ounces. I would say I easily had 8oz, so two and a half times that. Is A Lot Of Sodium.
The Rice? One serving (which is about what I had) has 850mg of Sodium.
I easily just consumed well over 3000mg of salt. In about 20 minutes or so. No wonder my tongue is burning. I better go drink about a gallon of water to try to thin my blood of its sodium content.
Oh, and in worse news? There was 14 grams of fat (4.5 grams of Saturated Fat!), per 3 oz serving, in that ham steak. That’s just the ham steak. So not only is my blood screaming, my ass ain’t far behind it. I hang my head in shame!
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