Quick Meals – Be Picky with the Pasta Dinners

by Shereen Jegtvig

I know that a big reason so many people have developed poor eating habits is the perception of not having enough time to prepare healthier meals.  A lot of you are just too busy to spend a couple of hours cooking dinner.  So that means you’re more likely to rely on convenience foods, like those boxed pasta dinners.  They’re easy – just boil the pasta and add the sauce – and lots of people love the taste.  But here’s the problem, they’re loaded with sodium and food additives.

Eating too much sodium is connected to having high blood pressure, which increases your risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and stroke.  Highly processed foods are usually high in sodium because they contain lots of additives and flavor enhancers that contain sodium.  Those boxed pasta dinners might be some of the worst for high sodium content.  Take a look at the huge amounts of sodium per 100 grams of food product with these pasta dinners:

All of these pasta dinners have too much sodium per serving and lots of people eat much more than one serving at a time.  So what do you do?  I’d avoid these pasta dinners for the most part, but if you really like them, be sure to watch those serving sizes!  Just eat a little of the pasta and add a big fresh salad or other vegetables to fill your plate, don’t rely on the pasta dinner to be your entire meal.

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