The current recommendation is to consume less than 2,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day. This is about 1 teaspoon of table salt per day. It includes ALL salt and sodium consumed, including sodium used in cooking and at the table. The US sodium RDA of less than 2,400 mg is higher than the UK Recommended Nutritional Intake (RNI) whose upper limit for sodium is 1,600 mg. = =
Some common questions people have about salt include: How much salt should I consume daily? What are the health effects of consuming too much salt? Is sea salt healthier than table salt? How does salt affect blood pressure?
add 10mm each day
there is so much salt that if you pile each grain on top of each other then it would reach the moon and back! twice!
If each grain of salt was a person, then no. If each grain of salt were 1000 people, this could be possible.
Many people eat too much salt as a part of their diet, thus creating an imbalance between salt and water in their bodies, which can lead to dehydration and heart problems. Too much salt can contribute to water retention which puts increased stress on a person's heart and blood vessels.
People should eat less salt as they get old.
no, but many saved salt and savored it, so they only had a little bit each day, so it didn't affect their health THAT much.
Typically, about 1/2 cup of salt is used when making salt potatoes.
Approx. 500 000 tons each year.
The same mass of salt, both are sodium chloride.
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1 cup