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What happens if you eat 50,000 mg of sodium?

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The World Health Organization recommends a daily sodium intake of no more than 2,000 mg for adults. Therefore, consuming 50,000 mg of sodium—25 times the recommended limit—is an extremely dangerous and potentially fatal overdose. This article explores the severe physiological cascade that occurs in the body during such a critical event.