The 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend consuming no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day.
Sources
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: 10 nutrition myths debunked (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/sodium-reduction-food-supply (fda.gov)
- https://www.cspi.org/advocacy/nutrition/dietary-guidelines-americans (cspi.org)
- https://www.heart.org/-/media/Files/About-Us/Policy-Research/Fact-Sheets/Access-to-Healthy-Food/Reducing-Sodium-in-the-US-Diet-Fact-Sheet.pdf?sc_lang=en (heart.org)
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