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sodium consumption by 12%. dietary guidelines suggestion americans should eat 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day. but right now the average person eats more like 3,400 the fda s new guidelines for processed, packaged and prepared foods hopes to lower that number to 3,000 milligrams. that means that the average person in the united states would be eating 60 teaspoons less of salt every year. reporter: the fda says lowering sodium gradually will help people s taste buds adjust with doctors unanimous less salt means less hypertension and less heart disease. the move by the fda is a great leap forward in public health. we believe in prevention reporter: the new recommendation governing 160 categories from dairy to bread to baby food and they have been in the works for years. why did it take so long well, it has been a long time coming but we re here now and it s a good day you could argue, the fda is actually behind the curve.

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