Did you know that the healthy amount of salt that your body actually “needs” is only one teaspoon?  Of course, you’re probably thinking to yourself right now “jeez, I probably consume way more than that in one day”. 

When I say one teaspoon, I mean one teaspoon of salt in all the food you eat for the day, not just the amount you shake on your food after it’s all prepared and sitting on your plate waiting for you to inhale it. 

This means that American men consume way too much salt.  Consumption of excessive salt means that you are taking in too much sodium, which is linked to kidney and heart damage and health issues associated with other organs.  Too much sodium means that your blood pressure can go up too high, which also means that can affect your mood, youf life span, and your overall health. 

We as men need to make sure we take care of our hearts and kidneys, because men are especialy susceptible to disfunction in these types of organs to begin with - more so than women. 

I do see that most men also tend to crave higher salt foods than women it seems, so we may already be genetically predisposed to crave salty foods, while women are genetically predisposed to crave sweets like chocolate.