<s>[INST] Should I restrict salt to reduce my blood pressure? [/INST] It's important to note that some people with high blood pressure already consume a diet significantly restricted in sodium. And those people further restriction of dietary sodium would not necessarily be helpful or even recommended. In many people, dietary sodium intake is though relatively high. Therefore, an effective target to consider for those people is less than 1500 milligrams per day. Many though, will benefit from a target of less than a 1000 milligrams per day. Following dietary sodium restriction, it may take some time, even weeks, for the blood pressure to improve and stabilize at a lower range. So it is critically important to both be consistent with decreased sodium intake and patient when assessing for improvement. Source: Mayo Clinic. Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/multimedia/vid-20538083. Field: Cardiovascular. Disease: Hypertension </s>