Recent Posts Tagged With 'salt'

• What about eating one teaspoon of salt a day?

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 15:37 in diet, stroke, salt, cardiovascular disease

  It's widely known that a diet high in salt causes high blood pressure, but new research suggests that reducing daily salt consumption by one teaspoon could also prevent millions of deaths from stroke and cardiovascular disease. While the World Hea...

• The Salt Cave: an alternative way to breathe easier

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 15:59 in flu, colds, asthma, salt, hay fever, sinusitis, halotherapy, smoker's cough

  People in Eastern Europe have used halotherapy for respiratory complaints. Can a man-made cave in London do the same? The latest technique for combating cold and flu season should be taken with not just a grain of salt but a whole roomful. After all...

• Is salt really the Devil\'s ingredient?

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 15:57 in diet, heart disease, stroke, blood pressure, salt, sodium

  The Government wants us to reduce our sodium intake, but studies show that this advice should be taken with a pinch of salt. Salt: is your food full of it? That is the question posed by Jenny Eclair in the Food Standards Agency's recent TV ad for it...

• Are scare stories bad for our health?

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 02:48 in obesity, salt, food additives, additive

  Anxious about additives? Fretting about fats? Relax – the facts behind those modern medical myths will make you feel a whole lot better.Are you a cowering, diet- obsessed wreck, meticulously measuring your carbs and counting out individual salt gra...