Is Canned Soup Healthy Benefits Downsides And Nutritious Options

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      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Most Americans Should Consume Less Sodium
    
      Campbell's: Chicken Noodle Soup
    
      Campbell's: Vegetable Soup
    
      Good Housekeeping: Shop for the Healthiest Soup
    
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Low-Energy-Dense Foods and Weight Management: Cutting Calories While Controlling Hunger
    
      Penn State: Eating Soup Will Help Cut Calories at Meal
    
      Fitness: Choosing the Best Canned Soup
    
      Colorado State University Extension: Dietary Fiber
    
      MSN Healthy Living: The New Scary Threat in Canned Soup
    
      The Journal of the American Medical Association: Canned Soup Consumption and Urinary Bisphenol A: A Randomized Crossover Trial
    
      USDA: How Much Fiber Should I Eat?
    
      American Heart Association: Why should I limit sodium?
    
      CDC: Sodium
    
      CDC: How to Reduce Sodium Intake
    
      Mayo Clinic: What Is BPA and Should I Be Worried About It?
    
      USDA: Cream of Mushroom Soup
    




Canned soup can be a healthy addition to your diet as long as it's not high in sodium.

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• Nutrition
• When It Isn’t Healthy
• Healthy Options

Certain canned soup products can be high in sodium and should be eaten in moderation. Adults should aim to limit sodium in their diet to no more than 2,300 milligrams per day, per the USDA. If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease or you’re at a higher risk for heart disease, you may want to limit sodium even further to 1,500 milligrams per day, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease or you’re at a higher risk for heart disease, you may want to limit sodium even further to 1,500 milligrams per day, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Most Americans Should Consume Less Sodium
    
      Campbell's: Chicken Noodle Soup
    
      Campbell's: Vegetable Soup
    
      Good Housekeeping: Shop for the Healthiest Soup
    
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Low-Energy-Dense Foods and Weight Management: Cutting Calories While Controlling Hunger
    
      Penn State: Eating Soup Will Help Cut Calories at Meal
    
      Fitness: Choosing the Best Canned Soup
    
      Colorado State University Extension: Dietary Fiber
    
      MSN Healthy Living: The New Scary Threat in Canned Soup
    
      The Journal of the American Medical Association: Canned Soup Consumption and Urinary Bisphenol A: A Randomized Crossover Trial
    
      USDA: How Much Fiber Should I Eat?
    
      American Heart Association: Why should I limit sodium?
    
      CDC: Sodium
    
      CDC: How to Reduce Sodium Intake
    
      Mayo Clinic: What Is BPA and Should I Be Worried About It?
    
      USDA: Cream of Mushroom Soup