Salt has been used to season and preserve food for centuries, and this magical union of sodium and chorine plays a key role in many biological functions. Long gone, however, are the days of American ...

High levels of salt in food is becoming an increasing concern for healthcare professionals and consumers as the dangers of a high-salt diet becomes more widely understood. So how is the food industry ...

Table salt, kosher salt, finishing salt: The choice can be confusing, but we offer a little explanation and advice. By Melissa Clark Reporting from Aigues-Mortes, France; Maldon, England; and Portland ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Besides all the incredible things it can do for food, salt is of great importance to human and animal health. So much so that we ...

I recently talked to coworkers about which kinds of salt their families used, and I was surprised that table and sea salt ...

It's in nearly every dish we cook, yet few ingredients inspire as much debate as salt. Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A ...

With so many different types of salt on the market, it can be hard to keep track of how to get your daily sodium. (It’s why we previously explored the difference between kosher salt and sea salt.) And ...

You’ve been told to cut back on salt your entire life, but nobody ever explained why that advice hits some people like a freight train while others seem to sprinkle sodium on everything without ...

But just how seriously you should monitor your salt consumption may depend on your current heart health and other cardiovascular risk factors, says Kainat Khalid, MD, a cardiologist at Jamaica ...