Alternatives to salt may lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related early death

SYDNEY: Eating salt substitutes could lower the risks of early death from cardiovascular diseases, according to a new study by an international research team including Australian and Chinese experts. Bruce Neal, executive director of the George Institute for Global Health and Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), told Xinhua on […]

Healthy eating with less salt intake requires willpower

PUTRAJAYA: People in general need to have strong willpower to choose healthy eating, especially in consuming less salt, said nutrition expert, Assoc Prof Dr Hazreen Abdul Majid. Hazreen, who is from the Department of Community Medicine and Prevention, Medical Faculty of Universiti Malaya, said there had been studies done which showed adults taking a lot […]

HAVE SALT, WILL TRAVEL

Salt is the difference between eating in Technicolor and eating in black and white. — Jay Rayner, award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. For the average Iban family in a longhouse or at their farm, salt is a “must-have item”. This is parallel to my modern day family whereby our two sons have made chilli sauce […]