Eating too much salt can cause several health problems, chief among them high blood pressure, which increases your risk for heart disease and stroke.

Doctors explain how cutting your salt intake could change everything when it comes to heart health—and how much you should really aim to have each day. There are some habits that are so second nature ...

If you ate too much salt, drink water and eat potassium-rich foods to rebalance fluids fast. Get moving—sweating helps flush ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo created computational models — basically, specially programmed simulations — that ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week issued final guidance to the food industry for voluntarily reducing sodium in processed, packaged and prepared foods. The agency's aim is to cut ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher salt intake was associated with hardening of heart and neck arteries. The association appears to be due ...

Salt — a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride — is a staple in cuisines around the world, enhancing the flavor of our meals and preserving our foods. However, its impact on health, ...

An estimated 61.9 million U.S. adults are on blood pressure medication, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — but a new study published in the Journal of the American ...

Reducing table salt can have some health benefits but cutting iodized salt intake can mean shorting yourself on an important nutrient: Iodine. Our bodies are unable to make this mineral, yet it’s key ...

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People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by Warwick Medical School published on Tuesday in the BMJ Open ...