February 2007 >> Source: Shape
Magazine The Healthiest New Soups
Soup's
reputation as a dietfriendly food isn't entirely deserved:
Some versions are loaded with fat and salt. A cup of cream
of onion, for example, contains 9 grams of fat and more
than 1,000 milligrams of sodium-that's over a third of
what you should get all day. Instead choose soups without
cream or butter, and with fewer than 600 milligrams of
sodium per serving, advises Molly Kimball, R.D., a nutritionist
at Ochsner Health Systems' Elmwood Fitness Center in New
Orleans. Here, five tasty gooci-for-you picks.