Popular Diets - Low Sodium Diet: A low sodium diet is one including from 2 to 3 thousand milligrams (mg) of sodium per day...
(One teaspoon of salt is approximately 2.3 thousand milligrams of sodium.) For people following a vigorous or moderate exercise schedule the recommended sodium intake limit is 3 thousand milligrams per day. People who have suffered moderate to severe heart failure are usually advised to limit their sodium intake to 2 thousand mg per day. Putting these figures in perspective, the typical adult daily sodium requirement is 5 hundred mg less than one-tenth of typical, uncontrolled sodium consumption.
Sodium occurs naturally in most foods. Its most common form is sodium is chloride, table salt. Foods that naturally contain sodium include milk, beets, and celery. Even drinking water contains sodium; the amount depends on the source. Sodium is added to many foods. Fast foods are often rich in sodium, even as they lack nutrients. I just checked the packaging of Japanese Rice Cracker snacks that I really like. They contain 150 mg of sodium per 30 gram (half cup) serving.
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