You may already know that salt isn't good for your blood pressure, but did you know that cutting it out of your diet for even one week can significantly lower your blood pressure?

Manufacturers often add salt to processed foods to prolong shelf life. Reducing the sodium in pre- packaged and prepared ...

Salt intake across all age groups has reached nearly double the World Health Organisation’s daily recommendation, escalating the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease. The WHO ...

New research published in the journal Hypertension suggests that relatively small cuts to the amount of salt in packaged ...

Lowering salt in common foods can reduce thousands of heart attacks and strokes without changing daily eating habits.

Cutting salt usually sounds like a personal willpower project, but the biggest gains may come from changes people barely notice. Two modelling studies suggested that modest reductions in salt added to ...

People can lower their blood pressure by approximately 2-5 mmHg within a few days of reducing their salt intake ...

Some of the UK's most popular takeout dishes contain more salt than their labels indicate, with some meals containing more than recommended daily guidelines, new research has shown. Scientists found ...

An analysis of data from a national health survey conducted before the pandemic found that pizza, soup and chicken are some of the main sources of sodium (salt) intake for people in all racial and ...