Low-salt diets don't always lower blood pressure. Here’s a guide to figuring out whether you should worry about sodium or not For decades, heart doctors and government recommendations have warned that ...

“Put down the salt shaker and back away from the table. And don’t even think about going for the chips.” Those are lines you may hear on a TV police drama of the future, when the federal drive to curb ...

Even if you never touch the salt shaker, sodium can sneak into your diet in surprising ways. Actually, more than 70% of the sodium Americans eat comes from packaged, prepared and restaurant foods, not ...

Too much sodium increases risk of heart problems ...

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines are out ... the announcement for the updates was made this morning, like it is every 5 years. And the biggest change in my mind after all the anticipation? Eat less salt.

People in India are fond of eating spicy and salty food. But do you know that the amount of salt that every person should eat in a day has been fixed? Yes, eating salt in excess of a fixed amount can ...