How much salt should a person eat every day?

The World Health Organization has a regulation: Generally speaking, the ideal daily salt intake of healthy people is below 10g.

Extended data:

Salt is indispensable in people's life. The total amount of sodium ions contained in adults is about 60 g, of which 80% exists in extracellular fluid, namely plasma and intercellular fluid. Chloride ion also mainly exists in extracellular fluid.

Salt also plays a role in maintaining the normal excitability of nerves and muscles. When a large amount of extracellular fluid is lost, such as excessive bleeding, excessive sweating or lack of salt in food, the content of sodium ions in the body decreases, and potassium ions enter the blood from cells, which will lead to thickening of blood, less urine and yellowing of skin. The human body's demand for salt is generally 3 to 5 grams per person per day. Due to different living habits and tastes, the actual intake of salt varies from person to person.

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Edible salt-Baidu encyclopedia