Spicy foods might not only add oomph to your meals, but they may be giving your health a boost, too. A recent study published in the American Heart Association's journal "Hypertension" found people ...

Eating less salt can reduce blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and strokes, especially in people with salt sensitivity. You can reduce salt intake by removing salt from the table, using ...

Even if you never touch the salt shaker, sodium can sneak into your diet in surprising ways. Actually, more than 70% of the sodium Americans eat comes from packaged, prepared and restaurant foods, not ...

Here’s the thing most people get wrong about low sodium eating: they focus on what they can’t have instead of understanding how their body actually works. The average American eats five or more ...

If you were asked what you could do to live a long and healthy life, what would you say? Most likely, you would mention eating well, exercising, limiting alcohol intake, avoiding smoking and illicit ...

Americans may have to get used to life with less salt, as the FDA is drafting voluntary guidelines for the food industry to lower sodium levels in food. As the Associated Press’ Mary Clare Jalonick ...

Reducing salt intake is difficult due to strong taste habits and daily food preferences that make low-salt meals feel less ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is one of the most common health problems in the world today. Many people have ...

“Put down the salt shaker and back away from the table. And don’t even think about going for the chips.” Those are lines you may hear on a TV police drama of the future, when the federal drive to curb ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Eating less salt can reduce blood pressure and the risk of heart ...