Despite several decades of urging from doctors and government officials to cut back on salt, a culprit in high blood pressure, most Americans aren’t paying much attention.
Americans consume, depending on which study you look at, an average of 3,000 to 4,000 milligrams of sodium per day, significantly higher than the 2,300 mg limit the...
WASHINGTON — No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there’s lots of sodium already hidden in the menu.
Stealth sodium can do a number on your blood pressure. Americans eat way too much salt, and most of it comes inside common processed foods and restaurant meals.
The traditional...
MIAMI — From the outside, Midge Jolly’s newest salt house looks like an igloo that went long instead of domed. Inside, though, a block of ice wouldn’t stand a chance.
“Actually some friends have asked us if we’ll lend it out as a sauna,” Jolly says. “It can get to 149 degrees in there in the middle of the day.”
Perfect for...
LOS ANGELES — Heidi Kling is reading in an all-white room. She’s shoeless, but socks protect her feet from the 6 inches of salt that cake the floor. The only objects in the windowless room are four chaises and hand-molded plaster icicles that hang from the ceiling. If there were a Yeti in the room, you would swear you were on the...
Foodies might talk about “24 Hour Restaurant Battle.”
In each episode of the Food Network’s latest confection, two teams of aspiring restaurateurs face off — in a span of 24 hours — to prove they have the know-how to open their own restaurant. Actual diners will be served and a panel of restaurant experts...
