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Find out if spicy foods can curb salt cravings or lower blood pressure

A high-salt diet has long been linked to higher odds of developing high blood pressure and heart disease.

1 Nov 2017 9:12 AM GMT

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Four natural ways to lower blood pressure

Most people with high blood pressure will not experience any symptoms. It is often known as the "silent killer" for this...

29 Jan 2018 11:19 AM GMT

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Here's the bizarre reason women are eating McDonald's fries after sex

It just may shock you.

3 Jan 2018 9:49 AM GMT

The 2018 study found that a high-salt diet caused dementia in mice. (Photo: ANI)

Consuming low salt can keep dementia way

Studies reveal that low-salt diet can stave off dementia.

26 Oct 2019 7:34 AM GMT

Why you should lower the intake of salt

Why you should lower the intake of salt

Salt is bad for you: but how it affects your body is still frontier science.

24 May 2019 11:52 AM GMT

Researchers measured the daily intakes of sugary drinks against those of diet beverages and compared them to cancer cases in participants medical records during the follow-up period. (Photo: AFP)

Intake of sugary drinks linked to higher risk of developing certain...

Studies reveal that consumption of sugary drinks linked with cancer risk.

12 July 2019 4:05 AM GMT

People who consumed more than 13.7 grams of salt daily had a two times higher risk of heart failure compared to those consuming less than 6.8 grams (Photo: AFP)

Study finds salt linked to elevated blood pressure, even with healthy...

Sodium is found not only in salt, but also in a variety of foods such as bread, milk, eggs, meat and shellfish.

7 March 2018 2:41 AM GMT

An excess intake of salt may result in hypertension, but conversely, if you can control the blood pressure, you can definitely cut down the chance of renal failure (Photo: AFP)

World Hypertension Day: Excess salt can lead to hypertension despite...

May 17 is World Hypertension Day, and Know your numbers' is the theme for 2018.

17 May 2018 11:45 AM GMT

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Nestle to cut more sugar and salt in its products

Nestle and its rivals are under pressure from a shift in consumer preferences towards healthier food and away from...

16 May 2018 3:58 AM GMT

They exhibit a trait known as aversive learning by training female aedes aegypti mosquitoes to associate odours (including human body odours) with unpleasant shocks and vibrations (Photo: AFP)

4-step guide to soothing mosquito, tick bites with kitchen ingredients

Most insects that bite are disease free, but that doesn't stop spots they feed from driving us all half-mad with itching...

9 May 2018 6:00 AM GMT

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Higher salt intake can kill you

Sodium intake can be measured using a spot test to determine how much salt has been excreted in a person's urine sample.

24 Jun 2018 6:04 AM GMT

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Hypertensive patients prefer medication to cutting salt

Few studies have been done on the relationship between salt intake and blood pressure in hypertensive patients.

27 Aug 2018 3:12 AM GMT