People in remote, pre-industrial communities eat way less salt—between 1 and 3 grams a day—compared to over 9 grams in modern industrialized places, based on urine tests that measure salt levels.

On average, people around the world eat way more salt than doctors recommend—about twice as much. Health experts say we should eat less than 5 grams a day, but most of us are eating nearly 11 grams.

Most Chinese adults are eating way more salt than doctors recommend — on average, almost double the safe amount.

In the Americas, most people consume more than 9 grams of salt daily. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

When people who don’t get high blood pressure from salt eat more or less salt, their kidneys adjust how much salt they pee out—no matter if they’re male or female.

If you eat a lot of salt—like 18 grams a day for 10 days—your body will flush out more salt in your urine and also have a bit more salt in your blood, which proves you actually ate the salty food they gave you.