Posts Tagged ‘salt’
Should salt be kept under lock and key?
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Salt levels in processed and fast foods remain dangerously high, despite calls for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium levels, new research shows. Continue…
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 15:55 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 15, 2013 6:20 - 2 Comments
White veggies dropped like a hot potato
PURDUE (US) — Colorful vegetables are promoted as key to a healthy diet, but white vegetables, especially potatoes, are getting a bad rap, nutrition expert says. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 16:02 - 2 Comments
Salt adds to stomach bug’s cancer risk
VANDERBILT (US) — Combining a high-salt diet with a type of H. pylori infection can increase the risk of gastric cancer, according to new research with gerbils. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 8, 2013 11:43 - 1 Comment
Salty water threatens Morocco’s oases farms
DUKE (US) — Efforts to divert water from mountains in Morocco to irrigate oases farms have dramatically increased the natural saltiness of groundwater. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2013 12:49 - 2 Comments
World’s saltiest pond hints at early Mars
BROWN (US) — Time-lapse photography of Antarctica’s Don Juan Pond, the most saline natural body of water on Earth, suggests that such ponds could be possible on Mars. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2013 16:43 - 0 Comments
Mars mission shows body’s sodium rhythms
VANDERBILT (US) — Sodium levels in the human body fluctuate rhythmically with seven-day and monthly cycles, a finding that contradicts the prevailing view. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 19, 2012 10:56 - 0 Comments
Gas well flowback matches Paleo brines
PENN STATE (US) — Brine water that flows back from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region after fracking is many times saltier than seawater, with high contents of various elements, including radium and barium. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2012 11:53 - 0 Comments
Lower sodium in chips with faster ‘salt burst’
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Measuring how we taste potato chips’ saltiness could lead to reduced sodium but not lost flavor. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 13, 2011 11:46 - 0 Comments
Cocaine exploits our lust for salt
DUKE (US) — Addictive drugs may have hijacked the same nerve cells and connections in the brain that serve a powerful, ancient instinct: the appetite for salt. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2011 12:36 - 0 Comments
Is Saturn moon hiding a salty ocean?
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Samples of icy spray ejected from a Saturn moon and collected by the Cassini spacecraft make a strong case for the existence of a subterranean saltwater ocean. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 17, 2010 16:17 - 3 Comments
Salty snack lovers live in a neon food world
PENN STATE (US)—Low-salt foods leave some consumers with a bad taste in their mouths— make that no taste at all. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 15, 2009 10:41 - 1 Comment
Jury’s still out on salt restriction
UC DAVIS (US)—Researchers have found compelling evidence indicating that humans naturally regulate their salt intake within a narrowly defined physiologic range. The new analysis questions the scientific logic and feasibility of the decades-long effort to limit salt intake in humans. (more…)
