I recommend taking one teaspoon with 12 - 16oz of LUKEWARM water for a couple of weeks to see how it affects you then increase to perhaps 2
teaspoons per day which is what i currently take (everybody is different so you should start off small and increase slowly to your desired effect)..
Not exact matches
Make sure that you're drinking enough water daily —
which can vary based on who you talk to — and limiting your sodium intake to the recommended 0.5 - 1.0
teaspoons per day to avoid headaches.
After hearing the concerns of the HISD Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, our school food department informed us yesterday that it has already reduced the number of times juice is served to our children from five
days a week to three, that it's switching over to a lower - sugar (but not artificially sweetened) juice, and that it's entirely eliminating Craisins (
which contain six
teaspoons of sugar
per serving) from the breakfast menu.
(Dietary guidelines recommend limiting sodium to less than 100 mmol —
which is 2300 mg or one
teaspoon —
per day.)
Thus, a 12 - oz soda can contains about 10
teaspoons of added sugar
per serving, whereas it's recommended to take not more than 9
teaspoons for men
per day and 6 for women to prevent obesity,
which is a heart disease risk factor.
RECENT STUDY ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF LOW SODIUM INTAKE About the same time that U.S. health officials announced their new initiative to reduce salt intake, The Lancet published a large population - based study
which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg
per day (two - thirds
teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams
per day (over three
teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hypertension.
Very few people can actually stick to consuming the least amount of sugar,
which is only 3
teaspoons per day.
Camu camu is the best known source of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), providing a whopping 96 mg
per 4 g (a
teaspoon),
which slightly exceeds the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)(90 mg /
day for adult men and 75 mg /
day for adult women).
Cod Liver Oil to supply 20,000 IU vitamin A and 2000 IU vitamin D
per day,
which is provided by 2
teaspoons high vitamin cod liver oil (Green Pasture brand).
Today, an average American consumes about 22
teaspoons of sugar
per day,
which amounts to 77 pounds of sugar
per year
If you use beneficial products like cod liver oil without doing blood tests to check your vitamin D levels, you should keep the dose at 1 to 2
teaspoons per day to prevent overdosing or switch to plain fish oil (
which contains no vitamin D).