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The headline and some commenters are misrepresenting the debate. From the article: Both sides agree that eating too much salt, especially for people with high
by hackuser 12y ago
The headline and some commenters are misrepresenting the debate. From the article:
Both sides agree that eating too much salt, especially for people with high blood pressure, can be dangerous.
The critical disagreement concerns how to define "too much."
Under the current dietary guidelines, too much is more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day
... If the skeptics are correct ... a typical healthy person can consume as much as 6,000 milligrams per day without significantly raising health risks.