Unlocking the Secrets of Sodium. How Much Do You Need?

Описание: How Much Salt is Right For You?

If you’re using salt to season your food, then you’re probably using sodium chloride and (unless you’ve been following me or paying close attention to your health) you’re probably using too much. The most recent recommendations are that people stay below 2300 mg of sodium each day but the average American consumes 3400 mg and many of you probably eat way more than that. Lucky for us, the sodium nutrition information is on every packaged food you buy. Unlucky for us, we’re not born with a mouth to brain food nutrition calculator - though that would be pretty cool. Take a bite and your mouth sends complex taste signals to your brain that allow you to measure and calculate the nutrition info in the bite you just took. Imagine that!

Since we don’t have that magical sensor in our mouths, we’re stuck doing the calculations in our head or by keeping exact track of what we eat. So rather than sticking to a specific number, most people can maintain good sodium health by sticking between 1500 and 2300 mg of sodium intake each day. No need to make an exact calculation.



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