Current Events > The Popeye's Lemon Pepper Wings have an ungodly amount of sodium.

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I will put it in spoiler so you can take your guess. Keep in mind that the recommended amount of sodium per day is 2,300mg. Take a guess how much a 6 piece Popeye's Lemon Pepper Wings are in terms of sodium. This is not including sides, drinks, gravy, nothing. ONLY the 6 wings.

Calories: 1,305 cal
Sodium: 3,609mg

This is the type of shit that should be illegal.

Thats disgusting and incredibly unhealthy.

Shit, I guess I'm going to have to stop going to Popeyes for my health food needs.

Not a doctor but my understanding is that for a healthy person, sodium isn't really an issue. Just drink water and the excess will leave the body with it.

I hate to tell y'all but sugar and sodium content at literally every restaurant is off the charts.

That's why you go to restaurants. Because the food is good. And the food is good cuz sugar and salt are fucking delicious.

Hinakuluiau posted...

Not a doctor but my understanding is that for a healthy person, sodium isn't really an issue. Just drink water and the excess will leave the body with it.

it doesn't even matter if you consume 3600mg in one day because you can easily balance that out the next day. the problems only happen if you're not hydrated/your kidneys don't work, and you're consistently taking in way too much sodium

That's like one and a half tablespoons of soy sauce

how the fuck are six wings 1300 calories? Like, I'm assuming they're not even six full wings, but 3 each of the drumettes and flats.

I guessed 3000 and it was still too low

now you know why fast food is ungodly unhealthy for you all of it is like this

LeCh0nk posted...

how the fuck are six wings 1300 calories? Like, I'm assuming they're not even six full wings, but 3 each of the drumettes and flats.

bruh do you not eat the bones and suck the marrow? lmfao

LeCh0nk posted...

how the fuck are six wings 1300 calories? Like, I'm assuming they're not even six full wings, but 3 each of the drumettes and flats.

They are pterodactyl wings

bump

LeCh0nk posted...

how the fuck are six wings 1300 calories? Like, I'm assuming they're not even six full wings, but 3 each of the drumettes and flats.

skin + sauce + deep frying

LeCh0nk posted...

how the fuck are six wings 1300 calories? Like, I'm assuming they're not even six full wings, but 3 each of the drumettes and flats.

They must be slathered in sauces, though it still seems too much considered chicken is low calorie. A whole chicken breast is usually like 160 calories.

Their wings are just meh...

JuanCarlos1 posted...

They must be slathered in sauces, though it still seems too much considered chicken is low calorie. A whole chicken breast is usually like 160 calories.

According to Popeye's, each NORMAL wing is 210 calories. Multiply that by 6 and we get 1260 calories. Apparently the lemon pepper sauce only adds 45 calories which I find hard to believe.

Are they actually sauced? I thought Atlanta lemon pepper wings were always dry rubbed.

Drink water

SF_Okami posted...

According to Popeye's, each NORMAL wing is 210 calories. Multiply that by 6 and we get 1260 calories. Apparently the lemon pepper sauce only adds 45 calories which I find hard to believe.

Lemon pepper is just lemon and pepper, both of which aren't high in calories. The high calories are from the wings being soaked to the core in oil.

Lemon pepper tends to be lemon, butter, and pepper. Butter is very high in calories.

i feel like some recipe are just meant to kill

"just drink water"

nah. the excess sodium doesn't just pass through your body. You're overworking your body to handle the excess sodium. You don't just drink water and be fine the next day. Excess sodium leaves your body all damaged like a paper crane.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

"just drink water"

nah. the excess sodium doesn't just pass through your body. You're overworking your body to handle the excess sodium. You don't just drink water and be fine the next day. Excess sodium leaves your body all damaged like a paper crane.

If your kidneys are healthy it'll deal with the excess. It'll work it hard though, so once in a while is fine but eating that regularly will damage your kidneys and then body.

Sodium is salt right? Everything tastes so fucking salty these days. Its annoying.

Those must be massive wings, the ones you get from the grocery store and put in the oven have like 70-80 calories per wing even with sauce.

"food scientists use the right combination of food addictive to get you addicted! The excess sodium is necessary for you to keep wanting to eat it! It will make you think about it at work! you'll dream about it! "