{"id":629739,"date":"2026-04-26T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629739\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:56:11","slug":"10-high-sodium-thai-dishes-that-may-quietly-harm-your-kidneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/629739\/","title":{"rendered":"10 high-sodium Thai dishes that may quietly harm your kidneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777204570_474_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"10 high-sodium Thai dishes that may quietly harm your kidneys\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1024px; height: 1024px;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>10 Thai dishes with high sodium levels<\/p>\n<p>Although these are familiar dishes that many Thais eat almost every week, several contain sodium levels close to \u2014 or even exceeding \u2014 a full day\u2019s recommended intake in just one meal.<\/p>\n<p>1. Som Tam Pla Ra \/ Som Tam Pu (Papaya salad with fermented fish sauce\/salted crab) \u2014 around 1,913mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJust one plate can nearly reach the entire daily sodium limit, mainly because of fermented fish, fish sauce and salted crab.<\/p>\n<p>2. Creamy Tom Yum Goong (creamy spicy shrimp soup) \u2014 around 1,726mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChilli paste, fish sauce and ready-made seasonings make this spicy soup easy to sip, but hard on the kidneys.<\/p>\n<p>3. Thai sukiyaki stir-fry \u2014 around 1,300\u20131,500mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe main risk is not the noodles or meat, but the sukiyaki sauce and dipping sauce.<\/p>\n<p>4. Pork Panang curry \u2014 around 1,349mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nReady-made curry paste, coconut milk and fish sauce make this rich dish far saltier than many people realise.<\/p>\n<p>5. Chicken Massaman curry \u2014 around 1,303mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlthough it tastes sweet, the curry paste and seasonings can still contain a high accumulated level of salt.<\/p>\n<p>6. Pad Thai \u2014 around 1,138mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSweet tamarind sauce can mask the salty taste, making many people unaware of the amount of fish sauce and seasoning used.<\/p>\n<p>7. Yum Mama \u2014 more than 1,000mg of sodium<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis spicy instant noodle salad is high in sodium from both the instant noodles and the strongly seasoned dressing.<\/p>\n<p>8. Chicken green curry \u2014 around 870mg of sodium<\/p>\n<p>9. Tom Kha Gai (Thai coconut chicken soup) \u2014 around 854mg of sodium<\/p>\n<p>10. Kuay Teow Reua Nam Tok (Thai Boat Noodles) \u2014 around 842mg of sodium<\/p>\n<p>Adding more fish sauce, vinegar, chilli flakes or other table condiments can push sodium intake even higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10 Thai dishes with high sodium levels Although these are familiar dishes that many Thais eat almost every&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,30111,38862,84,31385,2849,45167,19581,235804],"class_list":["post-629739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-consumption","tag-foods","tag-health","tag-health-and-wellness","tag-kidney","tag-kidney-disease","tag-sodium","tag-thai-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}