2. Soup
Homemade soup is super-healthy because you are in control, but canned, restaurant-prepared, and packaged soups contain way too much sodium. And sodium doesn’t stand only for salt. Sodium can also mean flavor additives like monosodium glutamate.
And yeah, guess what, most canned and packaged soups are abundant in monosodium glutamate. Studies have shown that monosodium glutamate has serious effects on our bodies. This common additive can cause heart palpitations, headaches, sleep disturbance, and obesity.
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To understand how bad canned soups are for your health, note that a canned soup packs approximately 700 milligrams of sodium, or about 30 percent of the RDI. Avoid canned soups like the plague and make your own instead.