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Health experts say that most people should have 2,300 mg or less of sodium per day, but the average American eats about 3,400 milligrams of sodium every day!

You may be surprised by the amount of sodium in some of the foods you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

You calculated that 2 scrambled eggs and 1 slice of wheat toast with 1 serving of butter contain 572 mg of sodium.

If you choose instead to have 1 cup of corn flakes cereal with a serving of 2% milk, how many milligrams of sodium have you cut from your breakfast?

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