You probably wouldn’t load multiple packets of salt into one dish, but that’s the equivalent of how much sodium could be in some of your favorite healthy-sounding restaurant meals.
Sodium is found in all kinds of foods long before you pick up a salt shaker; it is often added to preserve food and enhance taste.
Health Canada recommends the average person consume 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day — and no more than 2,300 milligrams per day, or equivalent to just over one teaspoon of salt. Too much sodium in our diets can lead to high blood pressure, a major



