How healthy is your shushing for your mouth? Learn more about it? Sodium and Sugars. It’s those sushi rolls that are popular, like spicy tuna with avocado roll, for example, which is typically made with a mix of tuna, sriracha, scallions and mayonnaise. But a spicy tuna roll with eight pieces can have as much as 910 milligrams of sodium (the USDA recommended daily intake is 2,300 milligrams — max) and 12 grams of added sugars. That’s half of the daily sugar limit the American Heart Association recommends for women, and a third of the recommendation for men. (Don’t forget that sushi rice is made with sugar. Most rolls have about 11 to 15 grams of added sugar — that’s easily 3 to 4 teaspoons.) That amount of sodium only increases if you add soy sauce, wasabi (50 milligrams per teaspoon) and pickled ginger (55 milligrams per tablespoon).
Dr. Banić