Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Awesome Articles/Product Review

Tuesdays almost done with and there are only 2 work days left this week! I'm thrilled- anyone doing anything cool for the 4th? We are going to visit Josh's family in Nashville which should be a blast!

I was doing my usual blog reading today and came across this really sweet posting on Mark's blog. I think both of these stories are incredible (I am especially fascinated with the story about the swimmer- what a bod!).

Second, I had sort of a disappointing lunch today. I debated whether or not to blog about it because I just hate the idea of giving a company a bad review. However, when I was halfway through my Muir Glen soup, and was disappointed with both the flavor and the nutritional contents, I decided I had to give the review. I purchased their Minestrone organic soup at the market. Not thinking, I didn't turn the can over to look at the nutritional stats. I guess I was thinking, its organic- how bad can it be? Well, before I cooked said soup today, I flipped the can over and saw that it read 40% of your daily sodium requirement in each serving (two per can). I was shocked- 80% of the recommended amout of sodium for a whole day was found in this can. Irritated, but without another lunch option, I cooked it up. The taste...well shockingly- salty! The vegetables were also not very good. Overall I have to give this soup a D rating. Oh well...lesson learned!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

weird! soup is kind of notortious for being high in sodium, but for me, it never even tastes salty. guess it was kind of worth it then?

ok, i guess not. i was just trying to make myself feel better cause i eat soup so much...

Anonymous said...

thats a great article!

sorry to hear about the disappointing soup :/

Erica said...

Every Gym's: It stinks that soup is high in salt(I also eat quite a bit of soup and wish it was salt free :)). But 40% is super high (which SHOULD make it extra delicious haha)

Love- glad you enjoyed the article! The trials are on tonight and I have been looking for her!