Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too much salt inflames the brain and raises blood pressure, McGill scientists find. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Salt has always been ...

Using less salt in your food may seem boring, but the payoffs could be as big as a lowered risk of death, new research has found. Using a salt substitute when cooking was linked with a lower risk of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with a higher self-reported salt intake were more likely to have a diminished eGFR. Participants who ...

Cooking with a salt substitute might lead to blander food, but it could lower the risk of premature death and cardiovascular disease. Those are the findings of a new systematic analysis that was ...

Findings from a study published in The Lancet Public Health provide the strongest evidence to date that salt warning labels on restaurant menus are perceived by consumers as effective in discouraging ...

Salt has always been linked to high blood pressure, but scientists are now discovering that the real culprit may not be just the kidneys. A groundbreaking study from McGill University shows that too ...