Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 1,000 mg increase in daily salt intake increased the risk for CHD death by 8% in Black individuals.

Your body needs sodium to function properly, but most Americans consume about 48% above the recommended daily intake. Over time, consuming too much sodium increases the risk of high blood pressure, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Heart Association recommends a daily sodium intake of 1,500 mg or less for adults with CVD. The ...

FDA is asking packaged and prepared food manufacturers to further slash sodium in their products over three years to help Americans reduce their daily intake of the nutrient by 20% as part of a larger ...

Individuals with heart disease stand to gain the most from a low-sodium diet but, on average, consume over twice the recommended daily sodium intake, according to a study being presented at the ...

New studies say restricting salt intake can reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in certain patients, but cannot reduce the risks of morbidity and death in patients with heart failure. New ...

Efforts during the last decade to reduce Americans’ salt intake by encouraging consumption of low-sodium food products have been largely unsuccessful, according to an American Heart Association report ...

Keeping your electrolytes in balance by getting enough potassium is important for preventing some of the negative effects of excess sodium in your diet.

Americans still consume more salt than they should, despite decades of warnings linking high-salt diets with an increase in blood pressure and a higher risk of heart disease and stroke. A new Harvard ...

The average daily sodium intake of Korean people is 1.6 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation criteria. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it analyzed ...