NUTRITION
Ban the salt shaker!
BY CHARLYN FARGO Creators Syndicate
So, how much sodium is too much? Depends on how much sodium you’ve had already. It’s the total amount for the day that matters the most – a combination of salt from the shaker and sodium in processed foods. The American Heart Association recommends consuming no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per
day. That’s equivalent to a little more than 1 teaspoon of table salt daily. If you have high blood pressure, the recommendation is 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day. In a 2018 study in the journal Hypertension, researchers found that
a high sodium intake matters to your blood pressure even if you eat a hearthealthy diet. Researcher-correlated data on dietary intake, urinary sodium, blood pressure and other factors for 4,680 middleaged people from the U.S., the United
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Kingdom, China and Japan found that blood pressure rose with higher intakes of sodium even in those who consumed high amounts of potassium and other key nutrients from fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and dairy products.
