2,500 mg/day

American Heart Association

Lowering Your Salt Intake - For Dummies

The recommendation for sodium in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as the American Heart Association is 2,400 milligrams (mg) daily for adults.

Mayo Clinic

Sodium: How to tame your salt habit now - MayoClinic.com

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day — or 1,500 mg if you're age 51 or older, or if you are black, or if you have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease.

World Health Organization

Salt: The Forgotten Killer

The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization have all supported lowering daily sodium intake to no more than 2,400 mg and some of those agencies have said that many people should consume less than 1,500 mg.

Answers.com

Answers.com - How much sodium in a teaspoon of salt

Healthy American adults should eat less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day.

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How much salt does the average person in the United States consume in a day?

The recommended amount in the government's latest dietary guidelines, published in 2005, for adults in general is less than 2,300 mg (about 1 teaspoon) of sodium a day, still a third less than the average person's consumption.

How much salt does the average person in the United States consume in a day?

This is far above recommended levels, as adults are usually not supposed to consume more than 2,300 milligrams on a daily basis.

Government of Canada

Lowering Your Salt Intake - For Dummies

Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Portugal all have about the same recommendation of 2,400 mg of sodium.

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Sodium in the Diet

t. The maximum recommended level of sodium intake is 2,300 mg per day

Sodium in the Diet

The maximum recommended level of sodium intake is 2,300 mg per day.

shelflifeadvice.com

How much salt should people consume? | Shelf Life Advice

That amount is 50% higher than the 2,300 mg. of sodium recommended by federal guidelines for healthy people.

4,000 mg/day

eHow

Can You Drink Salt Water? | eHow.com

A healthy diet should include 3 to 5 g of salt per day.

Government of Germany

Lowering Your Salt Intake - For Dummies

Some countries, such as Germany (4,000 mg), the Netherlands (3,600 mg) and Belgium (3,500 mg), are more liberal and at least one country, Sweden (800 mg), is more restrictive than the United States.

500 mg/day

straightdope.com

The Straight Dope: What would happen to you if you drank seawater?

According to the Salt Institute (a non-profit association of salt producers, founded in 1914), the recommended daily dose is around 500 mg/day--around a quarter of a teaspoonful.