Spicy foods might not only add oomph to your meals, but they may be giving your health a boost, too. A recent study published in the American Heart Association's journal "Hypertension" found people ...

“Put down the salt shaker and back away from the table. And don’t even think about going for the chips.” Those are lines you may hear on a TV police drama of the future, when the federal drive to curb ...

Researchers estimate that about 1.28 billion adults around the world have high blood pressure, medically known as hypertension. Previous research has also shown that getting more potassium in your ...

Even if you never touch the salt shaker, sodium can sneak into your diet in surprising ways. Actually, more than 70% of the sodium Americans eat comes from packaged, prepared and restaurant foods, not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The average American consumes about 3,400 milligrams of sodium per day — well above the recommended limit of 2,300 mg daily.

Americans may have to get used to life with less salt, as the FDA is drafting voluntary guidelines for the food industry to lower sodium levels in food. As the Associated Press’ Mary Clare Jalonick ...

If you were asked what you could do to live a long and healthy life, what would you say? Most likely, you would mention eating well, exercising, limiting alcohol intake, avoiding smoking and illicit ...

The hidden salt that may still be wrecking your diet – even if you are a healthy eater - HEALTHY LIVING: Britain is clamping ...

WASHINGTON - You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less. It won't be easy. Consumers will need help from food companies if they are going to meet the government's ambitious new goals, ...

To do so, the researchers ran advanced simulations to identify how different diets affect blood pressure. They looked at what happens in the body, specifically the kidneys, hormones, and fluid ...