Adults shouldn’t eat more than 2,300 milligrams of salt per day, according to the National Academies of Science. But in reality, Americans are eating much more than that — close to 3,500 milligrams on average. hereandnow
Most Americans eat far more salt than they should, exceeding the dietary guidelines for sodium.
According to the new guidelines, adults shouldn’t eat more than 2,300 milligrams of salt per day. But in reality, Americans are eating much more than that — close to 3,500 milligrams on average, Mozaffarian says. “Sodium gets into our bloodstream and it expands the volume, the amount of fluid in your bloodstream,” he explains, “and it makes the kidneys work harder to pump it out, and it makes the heart work harder to pump that extra fluid.”
“Within a few weeks, if you changed your salt intake and you increased it or decreased it dramatically, the tongue receptors adjust, so the food tastes the same again,” he says. “So that means if as a population, as a whole, we slowly reduce salt in this country over a few years, nobody would notice. All of our tongues would adapt and we'd be healthier.”
, he says. But in the U.S., Congress has blocked similar efforts after pushback from parts of the food industry.Salt plays a key role in keeping foods fresh, he says. About 80% of salt in the U.S. food supply is from packaged and processed foods. In fact, a single slice of bread on average has more sodium than a serving of potato chips, he says.
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