Sentences with phrase «average daily sodium intake»

These values are derived from twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion measurements in studies involving over one hundred thousand participants.4 Cordain implies that sodium intake in «non-westernized people» is far lower than in the US, but in fact the average daily sodium intake in Asia, Africa and the Middle East is about 50 percent higher than the 3.4 grams per day in the U.S. and Canada.24, 25

«The additional sodium is even more worrisome because the average daily sodium intake among Americans is already so far above the recommended upper limit, posing a significant public health concern, such as hypertension and heart disease,» he said.

In sharp contrast to the sodium intakes in «non-westernized people worldwide» cited by Denton, surveys have found that the average daily sodium intakes are considerably higher: 5.3 grams in Asia, 4.9 grams in Africa and 4.6 grams in the Middle East.

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The high sodium level was comparable to the average daily intake in a typical American diet.

Sodium in natural foods accounts for around 10 percent of the average American daily intake, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.