COACH_DENISE
3/1/08 8:04 P
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I'm not sure what you mean by a lot of grains or a lot of sodium. You should be aiming for 6-11 servings of carbohydrates/grains. When you choose grains, you want to do your best to choose whole grains. The following article gives you a good guideline on the different nutrients you should be trying to get:
A Teen's Guide to Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Whole Grains are the Whole Package is another good article to learn more about whole grains.
As for sodium, if you have too much, it can cause you to be bloated (retain fluid) and can cause high blood pressure, heart, liver or kidney diseases.
You may want to take a look at these articles for more info on sodium:
Shakin' it up with the Skinny on salt
Easy Ways to Cut sodium Intake
Coach Denise
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