When you're dining out, you run the risk of consuming more sodium than you think. Many high-sodium restaurant dishes pack more than a day's worth of salt.

If the product has cheese, there’s a high chance it’s a sodium bomb—and canned ravioli is no different. A can carry about 927 milligrams of sodium, which is 38 percent of your daily value.

Starting this month, New York City requires large chain restaurants to label salty dishes that contain more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium. The salt-shaker-in-a-black-triangle “sodium bomb ...

You probably don’t think of your morning toast as a major sodium bomb, but according to the American Heart Association, bread is actually a major source of sodium in the average diet.Um, what ...

Too much sodium in the diet can harm the heart, ... The salt-shaker-in-a-black-triangle “sodium bomb” warning is intended to nudge diners toward less salty and presumably healthier dishes.

Sauces add flavor, depth, and richness to meals, but many are loaded with sodium—often far more than you might expect.

The problem, the study revealed, is that their sodium content has gotten out of control. A large steak sub from Quiznos, for example, contains 4,320 mg, almost twice the CDC’s daily limit of ...

The 2010 dietary guidelines recommend adults consume no more than 2300 mg of sodium per day, and those with existing heart concerns, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, should consume no more ...

Eric Felten writes in The Wall Street Journal about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's crusade against salt in foods, and wonders why the city's and other food police never listen to ordinary people.

The sodium from the baking soda and the rest of the citric acid molecule (minus the hydrogen that it lost when it dissolved) simply remain in the water. The cornstarch in a bath bomb has just one ...