We have talked a lot about salt. Keep in mind that doctors advise people to limit the sodium in their diet.

VOA: special.2010.08.30

She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

They told Brigham Young about a great salt lake in a wide valley on the western side of the Rocky Mountains.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium, which is how foods may list their salt content.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Last month we reported about a study that showed eating even a little less salt could greatly help the heart.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also risen.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Doctor McCarron says the worldwide similarity suggests that a persons brain might decide how much salt to eat.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

They and public health professionals in the United States are interested in a national campaign to persuade people to eat less salt.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

The French chemist Nicolas Leblanc discovered how to make soda ash from salt in the late eighteenth century.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

Eating more meals at home could reduce the amount of salt and fat in the American diet.

VOA: special.2010.12.27

But he says studies have not clearly shown that lowering salt means fewer heart attacks or strokes.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The process uses electricity to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

For example,Mayo Clinic experts said people could reduce salt use by using herbs and spices instead.

VOA: special.2009.05.19