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That's just 56 million shy of the record set in 2012 by mega millions and if you don't see kelly or me tomorrow, you will know it's ours. [ laughter ] >> kelly: for many years, we've been told to take it easy with the salt shaker or just put it back on the shelf. but now a new study, a government study, by the way, saying there is little benefit seen in sharp limits on salt in your diet. but is this salt shakeup really true? dr. david samati, a member of the fox news medical a team and the chief of the division of robotics at mount sinai hospital joins us now to weigh in on this. government sp...

You're ready getting enough amount of salt. that's what makes the food actually tastier. so you're right. the message you should be telling everybody is, get rid of that salt because you're getting enough. if you're going to started aing to it, that's when we're going to get to that 3400. we know that too much salt is going to increase your triglyceride and make your insulin resistant. then you have obesity and stroke. forget about it. it's not worth it. as it is, you're getting enough amount of salt and i agree with you. i think this is going to be confusing and the good thing is that america...

We're just confusing more and mo one week we say like no salt and now we say salt is actually good for you. so you got to be cautious. both of them, american heart association and this institute of medicine agreed that if you're over the age of 50, african-americans, blood pressure, diabetes, make sure that you stick to 1500-milligrams. how much is that of salt? it's about half a teaspoon. average americans today are using about 3400-milligrams. double the amount. and basically with just a hamburger, french fries and one lunch, you can get about your 1500-milligram of salt. >> kelly: that's th...