Americans have a salt problem, consuming much more than the body needs for nerve and muscle function and maintaining a proper ...

Those with a specific type of previous stroke saw a 30% reduced risk. Reviewed by Dietitian Annie Nguyen, M.A., RD Sodium is ...

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at ...

The difficulty is that eating less salt means accepting a less salty taste. It also requires changes to established ways of preparing food. This has proved too much to ask of people making food at ...

But what exactly are these salt alternatives? And why is the WHO recommending this? Let's take a look. A new solution to an old problem Advice to eat less salt (sodium chloride) is not new.