ATLANTA, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Americans eat too much salt, increasing their risk of high blood pressure and subsequent heart disease and stroke, U.S. health officials say.
A report published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said 100 percent of non-Hispanic blacks, 44 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 23 percent of Mexican-Americans age 2 and older were advised to limit their sodium intake to 1,500 mg daily.