Jan. 30, 2017 Be Good to your Heart: 5 Tips to Slash the Salt According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90 percent of Americans aged 2 years and older eat too much sodium.1 The daily recommendation for sodium is 2300mg/day (or 1500mg/day if you are age 51 or older, African American of any age, or have a diagnosis of high blood pressure,