Recommended daily sodium intake

The Institute of Medicine (IOM)1 recommends the following “adequate intakes,” or AIs, per day:

1,000 milligrams (mg) for children aged 1 to 3
1,200 mg for children aged 4 to 8
1,500 mg for people aged 9 to 50
1,300 mg for adults aged 51 to 70
1,200 mg for seniors over 70 years of age.

The IOM has also established a “tolerable upper intake level,” or UL (see Definitions and Limitations), which ranges from 1,500 mg to 2,200 mg of sodium per day for children and adolescents aged 1 to 13, up to 2,300 mg per day for people aged 14 or older. Consumption exceeding these limits increases the risks of adverse health effects, especially those linked to hypertension.1

Interested? Read more:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2006004/article/sodium/4148995-eng.htm#1

I was very interested to see the article in the Peterborough Examiner's Life section with the headline, "It's not that bad." This was in reference to the new KFC Double Down, which has 1,740 mg of sodium. This is much more than the recommended daily intake for an adult of any age! The "sandwich" has about one third of the recommended daily caloric intake. How they can say "it's not that bad" is beyond me!