Find out why you should avoid adding extra salt at dinner table, and why your heart is at risk, from an expert.

A study published in July says people who add extra salt to their food at the table are at higher risk of dying prematurely from any cause. Food scientists say it's more likely that people who use ...

Salt is also known as sodium chloride, and as per Harvard School of Public Health's healthy eating website, The Nutrition Source, salt contains 40% sodium and 60% chloride. It is particularly the ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

It’s found in virtually every kitchen, restaurant booth and dining room in the Western world: the salt shaker. Despite its ubiquity — or perhaps because of it — salt has fallen under the scrutiny of ...

For more than two decades, ­health officials have urged us to reduce our salt intake to slash the UK death toll from heart disease. But now, scientists have warned that frequently adding salt to food ...

At McDonald's, not all spuds get salted. While neutral-tasting fries are tossed with salt, hash browns are not — this is why.