The United States dietary guidelines, based on the 2005 Institute of Medicine report, recommend that the general population aim for sodium levels of 1,500 to 2,300 milligrams a day because those levels will not raise blood pressure.
One of the symptoms of the plague was coughing and sneezing, and it is believed that Pope Gregory VII suggested saying âGod bless youâ after a person sneezed in hopes that this prayer would protect them from an otherwise certain death. The expression may have also originated from superstition.
One theory says that the phrase God Bless you came from an Islamic practice which originated over 1400 years ago. According to the Islam religion, when someone sneezed, he should say All Praises to God and in response the people would reply May God Bless You.