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When it comes to sodium intake among adults, the general consensus is that high consumption will increase risk of hypertension and stroke. According to the 2020-2025 Dietary Guideline for Americans, 45% of people 18 and older are living with hypertension. Hypertension is a preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and…

The cabinet will be asked to suspend exports of sodium cyanide for several months after large quantities of the precursor for methamphetamine pills were found to have been shipped to Myanmar, a major meth producer, authorities say.

Eating too much salt is never good, and research has found that having a high sodium diet can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, which is why it's important to limit your intake

A packaged simmer sauce makes up a very small part of one of your daily meals. Sp the sodium content should also make up a very small part of your daily sodium intake.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed updating the definition of “healthy” foods can use on their nutrition labels.

‘This is different from them selling rope, knives, or other implements that can be used for death because there is no household use for [the chemical],’ lawyers argue

Amazon sold the food preservative sodium nitrite, which lawyers say has no household use at high purity levels, to people who later killed themselves using the substance, the suit claims.

Scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have mapped out the global distribution of

To raise awareness and encourage manufacturers to reduce salt and sodium in food products, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health) organised a forum titled "Reducing Salt/Sodium Consumption In Thailand" at the Thai Health office. At the forum, Dr Chantana Ungchusak, chairman of the board of healthy food planning, said…

Janet Williams fights tirelessly to raise awareness of the risks of certain drugs to pregnant women. Now it is her turn to be treated

The cost of groceries in Australia has sky-rocketed this year. So people may be tempted to switch to home-brand foods to save on their weekly food bill.