Pickles are salty, preserved cucumbers, and craving them might mean you're low on sodium, dehydrated, or dealing with hormonal or stress changes. Your body could be signaling a need for balance. Jump ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I read in a health journal that large amounts of sodium are unhealthy for one’s diet. The government standard is no more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. If one’s health is not so good ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday laid out fresh goals to cut sodium levels in packaged and processed foods by about 20%, after its prior efforts to address a growing epidemic of ...

Sodium is an essential mineral the body uses to balance fluids and for muscle and nerve function. While sodium can be found in several foods, the most common source of the mineral is salt. The average ...

WASHINGTON -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will be lowering its targets for sodium content in processed, packaged, and prepared foods, but not to levels recommended for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband had a nonstop coughing incident for a night and day after a feast, which landed him in the emergency room. He was found to have extremely low sodium levels (118-120 mEq/L), ...

A lot of kids love Lunchables, and parents like the convenience. But after tests turned up concerning levels of lead and sodium in various lunch kits, Consumer Reports says that convenience may come ...