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Soy sauce is good to spice up a low salt diet. true false

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Soy sauce is one of the oldest condiments in the world and has its origin in China, towards the end of the Zhou Dynasty. Since a long time ago, it was customary to preserve meat by salting.


It depends on the amount it may be advisable or not to use soy sauce for a low salt diet. This is because soy sauce contains salt in its ingredients.

Soy sauce is not a good option, since its contribution of Sodium is important. The average composition of soy sauce marketed in Spain, according to the Spanish Food Composition Database, BEDCA, of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, includes 5,720 mg of Sodium per 100 grams of product.

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False, soy sauce has salt in its ingredients.

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I think the correct answer would be false. Using soy sauce in order to spive up a low salt diet is not a good way. According to studies, one tablespoon of soy sauce usually has approximately 1000 mg of salt in it. Thus, it is a high sodium food.
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