Yes the sodiumin a can as just as much as soy sauce and beef jerky very high
Get a strainer and stir with a fork while rinsing with water. Then dry it with paper towels. Gets rid of most of the sodium and helps with the funny taste.
It's great if you need a quick meal or are out and about and don't pack food.
Not so great as a main source of protein because of the sodium and BPA. At least with tuna you get some omega 3 fats, albeit a small amount. It's also much cheaper for me to just cook chicken breast.
I wouldn't rely too much on food that comes in a can.
Canned chicken is my main source of protein. I can take it to work and its already cooked. Its cheap and convenient. I usually buy 24 cans of the 12.5oz size ones a week. Also, if you throw it on a pan and cook it, it shredds really easily. Great for fajitas and stuff like that. I usually just fry it up with some onions and eat it with some rice a few times a day.
8lbs in the slow cooker overnight with some peppers and chicken stock is cheaper and less sodium.
I used to think the chicken in a can was great, the chemical taste and slime got to me one time, now it nearly makes me sick if I even see it....especially after looking at how it's usually made and the added chemicals, listed and who knows what else from that production process.