Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too much salt inflames the brain and raises blood pressure, McGill scientists find. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Salt has always been ...

It’s not easy to eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day. One food writer learned it can be worth it. Reviewed by Dietitian Mandy Enright, M.S., RDN, RYT A high-sodium diet can increase risk of high ...

Want to lower your blood pressure? Cutting back on salt in your diet could help do just that — and according to new research, for many people it may be as effective as taking a common blood pressure ...

Using a salt meter or sensor in food itself, in conjunction with other measures, can help reduce sodium intake by improving control of arterial hypertension at the community level, according to a Thai ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Published in The American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, the study explored why some foods have a greater impact on ...

In a recent study, reducing dietary sodium demonstrated a blood pressure–reducing effect similar to that of a commonly used first-line antihypertensive medication. While sodium intake is known to ...

A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure. The research, led by McGill University scientist Masha Prager-Khoutorsky in collaboration with an ...

A new study published in The Journal of Immunology found that a high-salt diet (HSD) induces depression-like symptoms in mice by driving the production of a protein called IL-17A. This protein has ...

This is the amount of sodium that US dietary guidelines recommend that people consume a day. Yet salt consumption is often higher than the recommended amount. The progression of evidence about the ...