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Do Sea Salt, Kosher Salt and Pink Salt Beat Table Salt? - Cleveland Clinic Pink Himalayan salt is trending on food blogs. Kosher salt is touted by chefs. Sea salt is everywhere. Are natural salts more nutritious than table salt? You need some salt every day. This key mineral helps your body...

Do You Know Where Salt Is Hiding in Your Food? - Cleveland Clinic Keeping an eye on your sodium intake has many health benefits From our favorite pretzels to our daily sandwiches, salt is in almost everything we eat. But how much is too much? Studies show that cutting down on sodium in your...

Salt: China’s deadly food habit - The Conversation People in China have used salt to prepare and preserve food for thousands of years. But consuming lots of salt raises blood pressure, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attack and stroke...

FDA proposes changing name of a healthier alternative to sodium - NBC News What's in a name? The FDA hopes changing how a salt alternative is listed on ingredient labels will reduce Americans' sodium intake. Coming soon to a food label near you: a more palatable name for a healthy alternative...

Salty And Saltier: Fast Food Chains Keep Adding More Salt To Your Food - Forbes High blood pressure is one of the biggest health problems in the U.S. today. The CDC estimates that 75 million American adults, about one-third of the adult population, has high blood pressure. Even more alarming is...

Water is critical in sustaining life. Water keeps you hydrated, flushes out toxins and waste, and keeps things flowing if you know what I mean. You can drink too much water but most people don't drink enough. Sodium is also essential and must be consumed for its electrolyte capabilities in...

Hacking the Flavor of Food With Electric Chopsticks - IEEE Who needs salt when you have electric taste augmentation? Humans love salt, because salt makes food taste better. It’s such a truism that a whole genre of folk tale exists on the theme. But too much salt isn’t good for the human body...

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