Autcsrgv.126 net.cooks utcsrgv!burt Tue Feb 16 11:15:12 1982 Low sodium and low calorie diets An earlier suggestion to use margerine instead of butter to reduce sodium and calorie intake was inappropriate. Both have virtually the same sodium content and number of calories. There is, however, good news for those of us who like to bury our baked potatos in sour cream: sour cream is considerably lower than butter in both sodium and calories. For comparison, the following are amounts per tablespoon of spread, extracted from the tables in "Laurel's Kitchen". Calories Sodium Fat (mg.) (g) butter 102 140 11 margerine 102 140 12 mayonnaise 101 84 11 sour cream 28 6 3 yoghurt 10 8 0.5 Anne Patkau (via Burt Patkau decvax!utzoo!utcsrgv!burt) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.