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Improve Your Overall Health By Eating Less Salt

Too much sodium leads to high blood pressure and increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Most Americans eat far more salt than they should, exceeding the dietary guidelines for sodium. (Cliff Owen/AP)

Most Americans eat far more salt than they should, exceeding the dietary guidelines for sodium. 

Doctors say too much sodium leads to high blood pressure and increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. But how much salt is too much? 

After almost a decade of controversy over this question, the National Academies of Science released new recommendations last year, says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist,

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