Salt is our absolute favorite, but it’s easy to overdo it. So easy, in fact, that about 90% of Americans overindulge on the regular, according to our friends at the American Heart Association. While ...

If you’re managing high blood pressure, one of the most important dietary changes you can make is reducing your sodium intake. While it might seem challenging to find low salt and unflavored snacks ...

Reducing sodium doesn’t mean sacrificing flavor or satisfaction in your meals. You can create vibrant, nutritious dishes that ...

People with high blood pressure may scoot past the snack aisle to bypass overly salty snack pretzels, nuts and chips. According to the American Heart Association, about half of U.S. adults have high ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced that it will work voluntarily with food companies and restaurants to reduce the salt content in food by 12% in the next two and half years. But you don't ...

As tortillas become more ingrained in the American diet, reducing their sodium content may become more of a priority. According to the 2012 Packaged Facts report “Hispanic foods and beverages in the U ...

The relationship between sodium intake and arterial blood pressure (BP) values in adolescence is still controversial. The intake of high-sodium processed foods as snacks has gone up worldwide. The ...

Serious cooks may quibble about the best way to sear a steak or bake a cake. But on one point, there is virtually unanimous agreement: To make food taste good, you’ve got to have salt. Without salt, ...

Pizza, meats among foods with the highest sodium content, study finds. — -- You may be consuming more salt than you need -- and the salt shaker is probably not to blame. When researchers at the ...

Sodium is a mineral that occurs naturally in many of the foods we eat. Sodium chloride, or salt, is the most common type of sodium found in nature. It's also the type of sodium you'll find in food.