Cutting out a teaspoon of salt from a diet everyday can lower blood pressure as much as most hypertension medications, a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...

A leading U.S. nutrition expert explains why excess sodium is harming heart health—and the smartest ways to reduce it ...

More than one-third of public wells in Wisconsin tested at least once for sodium in the last decade were above the recommended limit for people on low-salt diets, newly analyzed data from the state ...

It’s no secret that most people eat too much sodium per day. Learn more about the recommended amounts of sodium per day for children and adults.

According to The Baltimore Sun’s Luke Parker, the Maryland State Highway Administration has 386,000 tons of salt available to condition 18,177 miles of road ( “Freezing temperatures across Maryland ...

We all have trouble dozing off now and then. And while you may attribute your insomnia to sipping coffee at night or a stressful day, it turns out there may be a more surprising culprit: Your salt ...

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 ...

If you're one of the many Americans trying to reduce the sodium in your diet, potassium chloride may help do the trick, dietitians say. But some people need to be careful when adding this to their ...

If you’re feeling salty about your lack of sleep, you may need more sodium in your diet. James DiNicolantonio, a cardiovascular research scientist, shared a video on Instagram about why too little ...

A diet low in salt and meat can dramatically reduce the risk of kidney stones, according to an Italian study that could spell the end for the low-calcium diet that doctors have been recommending for ...

If you or anyone you know has heart disease, you’ve probably heard the ubiquitous recommendation that people with heart problems should follow a low-sodium diet. The American Heart Association and the ...