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.
A legend holds that it was believed that the heart stops when you sneeze, and the phrase bless you is meant to ensure the return of life or to encourage your heart to continue beating.[2][3][1] One explanation holds that the custom originally began as an actual blessing.