10 Commandments For Keeping A Low-Sodium Diet
After living on a salt-free, low-sodium diet for almost a decade, I can guarantee that low-sodium does not have to mean a life of making colorless meals at the kitchen stove by yourself.
After living on a salt-free, low-sodium diet for almost a decade, I can guarantee that low-sodium does not have to mean a life of making colorless meals at the kitchen stove by yourself.
The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 04.04.2012
You probably already know that a diet too high in salt can increase a person's risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and dying from other heart...
Alex Jamieson | Posted 04.24.2012
Celiac and other gluten-sensitive people may be crying in their millet porridge that wheat-wrapped hoggies are a thing of the past, but this Shiitake BLT wrapped with lettuce will save them from their deli purgatory.
Posted 01.04.2012
In 2007, 30-year-old mother of five Hannah Overton, a devout Christian, was convicted of murdering her four-year-old adopted son Andrew. The cause of ...
Red Room | Posted 02.08.2012
I want my friends to be around for more of our traditional group lunches and dinners. So I hope they'll join me in paying a very small price for a normal blood pressure rate -- eat less salt. Luckily, I got into the habit early.
AP | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 01.21.2012
WASHINGTON -- No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there's lots of sodium already hidden in the...
Posted 10.09.2011
It's widely known that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be obese. The chart below jumps off of the obesity research of Adam Drewnowski w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.01.2011
A new consumer report analyzing coconut water claims it is not all it's cracked up to be, finding that two of the three most popular brands had far fe...
Posted 09.24.2011
Scientists have been debating sodium intake's relation to health for decades. One study says salt reduction is the key to hypertension reduction; anot...
Posted 08.08.2011
In November, it was revealed that Dallas/Fort Worth-area Taco Bells had secretly cut their product's sodium content by 23%. No one noticed. The fast f...
Holly B. Clegg | Posted 07.16.2011
How many times do you pick up the salt shaker to add salt to a recipe or to your meal, all the time thinking about the new information about too much sodium?
Health.com | Posted 07.07.2011
Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by ...
Tim Harlan, M.D. | Posted 07.03.2011
Sure, it's bizarre to create a restaurant offering free food to those weighing over 350 pounds. But at least patrons know what they are getting into when they walk through the door.
Slashfood | Posted 06.27.2011
Ignorance is bliss, but it's not very good for your health. U.S. News Health reports that 76% of 1,000 American polled agreed with the statement "wine...
The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011
Your body needs sodium to function. It helps you maintain a balance of fluids, transmit nerve impulses and facilitate the contraction and relaxation o...
Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011
Like models representing everyday women and men - picture perfect, slender, toned + tall bodies - so is the image of food in contemporary media. It's...
Yumsugar.com | Posted 05.25.2011
If you pooh-pooh generic table salt, you're not alone. As USA Today reports, sea salt is so hot right now. In 2010 alone, it's been introduced to 1,35...
Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 11.17.2011
Fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie, super-hydrating, naturally rich in electrolytes -- the touted benefits of America's latest health craze, coco...
Larry_Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
Something transformative is happening in America. Federal recommendations limiting food marketing to kids. Building sidewalks so that kids can be ph...
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
What's the big deal about salt? How much should we really be eating?
AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011
ATLANTA — Most U.S. adults should eat less than a teaspoon of salt each day, but a new government report says just 1 in 18 meet that goal. "Thi...
Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.17.2011
Cutting sodium levels in packaged and restaurant foods in half is predicted to save 100,000 lives and tens of billions of dollars in health-care expenses each year.
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011
WASHINGTON — Too much salt is hidden in Americans' food, and regulators plan to work with manufacturers to cut back – but the government i...
Mary Ann Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011
We need salt in our diet to control fluid balance and the way our muscles and nerves function. But too much can throw everything out of whack. Here are five steps you can take to get past the salt.
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
The American Medical Association predicts that 150,000 lives could be saved each year, simply by cutting the sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods in half.
Jessica Goldman Foung | Posted 05.01.2012