excess salt consumption can be harmful to your health even if you never pick up the salt shaker you may still be consuming too much sodium salt is hidden in many places you might not suspect like cottage cheese some low-fat brands and cottage cheese can pack more than 450 milligrams of sodium and a half cup serving if you start your day with one cup of cottage cheese that equals 900 milligrams of sodium and that's before adding up the sodium and the rest of your meal it's recommended that you should not consume more than 2300 milligrams of sodium a day for older adults African Americans and people with high blood pressure the limit decreases to 1500 milligrams just that one cup of cottage cheese can have a large impact on your sodium consumption but the real problem is that the average person consumes more than 2 times their recommended daily amount of sodium consider swapping cottage cheese for one cup of plain yogurt or one ounce of Swiss cheese which will provide a calcium and protein punch but was less of a sodium sting be sure to pay attention to the sodium content on nutrition labels to keep yourself on track
