Just how much sodium is in a meal from popular chain restaurants? You may be shocked (though probably not surprised). A recent story...

Reducing the amount of salt teens eat by 3 grams per day - that's about 1,200 milligrams or a 1/2  teaspoon - could...

With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation's health, the food giant Cargill kicked off a campaign last November to...

I love black beans generally and black bean soup in particular. Filling and inexpensive, beans are high in dietary fiber, low in unhealthful...

The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less...

Before surging obesity rates made villains of trans fats and sugars, salt was the big nutritional bad guy in the American diet, linked...

In a report that may bolster public policy efforts to get Americans to reduce the amount of salt in their diets, scientists writing...

High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published on the British Medical...