3.8.0.0 Sodi­um

As for the gen­er­al pop­u­la­tion, peo­ple with di­a­betes are ad­vised to limit their sodi­um con­sump­tion to <2,300 mg/‍day (35). Re­stric­tion below 1,500 mg, even for those with hy­per­ten­sion, is gen­er­ally not rec­om­mend­ed (119-121). Sodi­um in­take rec­om­men­da­tions should take into ac­count palatabil­i­ty, availabil­i­ty, affordabil­i­ty, and the difficulty of achiev­ing low-‍sodi­um rec­om­men­da­tions in a nu­tri­tionally ad­e­quate diet (122).