Salt is an ingredient in just about every type of processed food or restaurant meal. So it's no wonder most Americans are getting double or triple the amount of sodium they need each day. You can ...

One of the most common requests we receive in our inboxes is to spotlight low-sodium recipes. If you’re on a low-sodium diet or even just looking to cut back on your salt intake a little, cooking may ...

I, like many Americans, tend to consume too much salt. While the human body does need sodium to function, too much sodium in our diets can lead to health issues, including high blood pressure, kidney ...

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For those who follow this column, it comes as no surprise to you that I’m always looking for ingredient substitutions that improve the nutritional quality of a recipe without compromising the taste.

I was raised on shrimp fried rice. The dish was my go-to all through grade school and I can’t remember not ordering extra shrimp, extra duck sauce and extra hot mustard from carryout. My current ...

We Brits are a salty bunch – not just in temperament, but on the plate, too. Nearly half of us don’t know how much salt we’re actually eating, and a third admit to shaking it over our meals before ...

The DASH diet is one of the most effective ways to control high blood pressure and protect your heart. Embracing a low-sodium ...

Using reduced-salt soy sauce in this recipe helps cut your daily sodium (salt) intake and is better for your heart and gut ...

Baked goods can be oh so good, but they often contain oh so much saturated fat, sugar and sodium. Here are some tricks to save the flavor but lose the unhealthy culprits. In baked goods, the saturated ...

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 ...