Few would argue that the Western diet contains too much salt. Not just salty, processed foods that are so readily available at convenience stores and even gas stations that we probably shouldn’t be eating anyway but all the salt we add to our meals as well.
In fact, it’s often observed that people will add salt to their food before even tasting it.
While the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans say we’re supposed to consume less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, Americans consume more than 3,400 milligrams per day—a lot more than they did in the 1970s. The problem is, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high sodium consumption correlates with high blood pressure which, in turn, correlates with the risk of heart disease and stroke….