Dr. Michael Greger
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But this is pink.
This is from the Himalayas.
This is rainbow colored.
This has got a few minerals in it or something.
No, no, no, no.
No, it's all bad.
Oh, no.
But a little bit?
Can you have a little bit?
Well, so we want to stick under 1,500 milligrams a day.
That's the American Heart Association recommendation.
And to do that, and most of it, and people are like, I don't add a lot of salt.
Most of our sodium intake comes from processed foods.
70% of sodium intake is not the salt we add in the kitchen or the dining room.
It's in these processed foods.
These, you know, anything in a box, in a package, in anything, they add salt because it's a flavor enhancer, right?
In fact, that's why they add it to a lot of beans.
It's not a preservative.
It's in a can.
It's sterile.