SALT HAS BECOME A CONSTANT in the American diet. It's in just about every prepared food item in today's supermarket; from frozen dinners to canned soup, salt is the food industry's preservative and ...

Lowering salt in everyday foods could quietly save lives. Researchers found that modest sodium reductions in bread, packaged ...

Lowering sodium in packaged and prepared foods could significantly improve cardiovascular health and prevent many cases of ...

Lowering sodium in packaged and prepared foods could significantly improve cardiovascular health and prevent many cases of ...

KANSAS CITY — Ingredient suppliers are optimistic about hitting sodium reduction goals set by the US Department of Agriculture for school meals. Nearly 30 million students from kindergarten through ...

KANSAS CITY — Most people in the US consume too much sodium, with the majority coming from processed, packaged and prepared foods. This includes dairy products, with cheese, cheese ingredients, and ...

Manufacturers often add salt to processed foods in order to prolong shelf life.

Sodium is not a pathogen, but it, too, kills. Just ask the World Health Organization (WHO), which reports that two million of the eight million poor diet deaths can be blamed on high sodium intake.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Potassium-based sodium substitutes were found in product categories “without a sodium content claim.” Some food ...

Foods high in sodium may not always be so easy to spot. Even if you never reach for the salt shaker, you probably eat more sodium than you realize. More than 70% of the sodium in our diets comes from ...

The sodium content of packaged food as well as the amount of sodium US households acquire from packaged foods have decreased significantly in recent years, although most households continue to have ...

A large French study tracking more than 100,000 people over a decade has found that higher consumption of certain food preservatives—commonly found in processed foods and drinks—is linked to a ...