Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Boosting potassium may lower blood pressure more ...

Adults should only eat about 2,300 mg of sodium (about one teaspoon of salt) per day. Children should eat less than 1,800 mg/day and those with heart issues should limit it to 1500 mg/day. Cut back on ...

Americans have a salt problem, consuming much more than the body needs for nerve and muscle function and maintaining a proper balance of fluids. According to the Food and Drug Administration, ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced that it will work voluntarily with food companies and restaurants to reduce the salt content in food by 12% in the next two and half years. But you don't ...