What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Too Much Salt
Whether you're sprinkling some on your salad or adding a few pinches to your homemade pasta sauce, adding salt to food is a regular part of many people's culinary routines. However, while the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, most people in the U.S. are getting significantly more than that on a daily basis.
According to a 2018 study published in JAMA, the average U.S. adult consumes an estimated 3,608 milligrams of sodium per day—and that…