Is 5/6 grams of salt a day too much?

jordanoye101
jordanoye101 Posts: 33 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi all,

Just a quick question, should salt be cut well below the reference intake of 6g in the UK or is that a safe amount daily?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited September 2017
    jordanoye101 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Just a quick question, should salt be cut well below the reference intake of 6g in the UK or is that a safe amount daily?

    That's about 2400 mg of sodium. So roughly the same rec as in the US. Without some medical issues that would require low sodium I see no reason you'd need to go lower. (How important it is to stay that low, even, is debated.)
  • Spiderpug
    Spiderpug Posts: 159 Member
    British heart foundation say 6g salt max for 'normal' adult less if hypertension/heart risk

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