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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’ve just had a breakfast of 2 scrambled eggs and a slice of toast with butter containing a total of 572 mg of sodium. If your goal is to have 2,300 mg of sodium or less per day, how many milligrams of sodium do you have left in your daily allowance?

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