"Group wants sodium intake cut, 8 glasses of water rule annulled"
"A long-awaited nutrition report suggests lowering the maximum amount of salt Americans should allow themselves each day, even though the average person already consumes far more than is recommended. "
"The government currently recommends no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium a day, the equivalent of a heaping teaspoon of salt. The new recommendation is 1,500 mg a day. "
"Most Americans need to eat a lot more potassium -- 4,700 mg a day, roughly double current consumption."
"The government currently recommends no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium a day, the equivalent of a heaping teaspoon of salt. The new recommendation is 1,500 mg a day. "
"Most Americans need to eat a lot more potassium -- 4,700 mg a day, roughly double current consumption."
I'm only one person, but I may be an object lesson on this. I don't really like salt, and as a result I NEVER add it when cooking or at the table, to ANYTHING. I run 5 or 6 days a week, and I have never had a problem with "not enough salt." That being said, I do eat bananas and drink Gatorade (or the equivalent) daily. But I think it is probably fair to say we can do with less sodium and more potassium.
"The government currently recommends no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium a day, the equivalent of a heaping teaspoon of salt. The new recommendation is 1,500 mg a day. "
Not good advice if you are exercising in warm conditions though. I must have lost at least 3 grams of sodium during this morning's training.
"A long-awaited nutrition report suggests lowering the maximum amount of salt Americans should allow themselves each day, even though the average person already consumes far more than is recommended. "
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I would hazard to guess that this has no relavance to someone who runs daily (or almost) and sweats buckets each time.
cheers, -- David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org
"A long-awaited nutrition report suggests lowering the maximum amount of salt Americans should allow themselves each day, even though the average person already consumes far more than is recommended. "
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I would hazard to guess that this has no relavance to someone who runs daily (or almost) and sweats buckets each time.
i was thinking the same thing when i read that report.
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Quoted message said:
"The government currently recommends no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium a day, the equivalent of a heaping teaspoon of salt. The new recommendation is 1,500 mg a day. "
"Most Americans need to eat a lot more potassium -- 4,700 mg a day, roughly double current consumption."
The way I read the bullet point summary on their web site, you should consume 1,500 mg of sodium a day. Which isn't the same as a maximum limit. They also list a "tolerable upper intake level" of 5.8 g of salt, which would be around 2,300 mg of sodium by my calculation.
Check it out yourself at www.iom.edu
Anyone going to buy the report and tell us what it says?
"A long-awaited nutrition report suggests lowering the maximum amount of salt Americans should allow themselves each day, even though the average person already consumes far more than is recommended. "
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I would hazard to guess that this has no relavance to someone who runs daily (or almost) and sweats buckets each time.
