>> IN TODAY'S HEALTH WATCH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SALT IS IN THE FOOD YOU EAT? LOCAL FIVE'S CONNIE FELLMAN SHOWS US SOME SNEAKY FOODS THAT COULD BE SABOTAGING YOUR HEALTH WITH SALT. >> A SPRINKLE HERE. THERE'S OKAY. BUT TOO MUCH SALT CAN WREAK HAVOC ON YOUR HEALTH. NOW, THE FDA HAS ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES TO ENCOURAGE FOOD MANUFACTURERS, RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE COMPANIES TO SCALE BACK ON THEIR USE OF SODIUM. SHE LOVES. SO I LOVE POPCORN AND THAT'S THINGS LIKE THAT. PRETZELS. >> BUT TOO MUCH SALT CAN LEAD TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND KIDNEY FAILURE ARE REALIZING THAT AMERICANS ARE NOT CUTTING BACK AND SODIUM IS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD BE IN THEIR DIET.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMES 3,400 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM A DAY. >> NEW FDA GUIDELINES INTO LOWER THAT TO 2,300 MILLIGRAMS IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THEY SAY CUTTING SODIUM INTAKE BY 40% OVER THE NEXT DECADE COULD SAVE 500,000 LIVES WHEN IT COMES TO SODIUM. SOME CORPORATES ON SO OBVIOUS ONE SLICE OF BREAD CONTAINS 150 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM. SOME CEREALS HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 MILLIGRAMS PER SERVING A CUP OF COTTAGE CHEESE PACKS. A WHOPPING 746 MILIGRAMS. JUST 3 OUNCES OF COOKED SHRIMP. HIS 805 MILIGRAMS AND A CUP OF CANNED SOUP CAN CONTAIN UP TO 1000 MILIGRAMS OF SODIUM AND CONFUSED WHETHER THIS IS BETTER THAN THIS, WHETHER IT'S PINK HIMALAYAN SALT, WHETHER IT IS SEA SALT, WHETHER IT IS JUST REGULAR COURSE TABLE SALT. >> OR WHATEVER. IT'S ALL SALT AND ALL OF THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF SODIUM WITHIN THE SALT. THE CDC REPORTS MORE THAN 70% OF THE SODIUM THAT AMERICANS CONSUME EACH DAY COMES FROM PROCESSED FOODS AND RESTAURANT FOODS. >> JUST REMEMBER A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN SALT MAY MAKE FOOD SCENE TASTELESS. FORTUNATELY, TASTE BUDS ADAPT TO A LEVEL OF SALT. SO AFTER 2 TO 3 WEEKS, FOOD WILL ST
