Your body needs salt, or sodium, to function properly—keeping your body’s fluid levels balanced, blood pressure regulated and even nerves and muscles working as they should. The problem? Most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excessive amounts of salt can have long-term health effects. (miniseries via Getty Images) Any chef will tell you that salt equals ...

Any chef will tell you that salt equals flavour. And they're not wrong. There's plenty of research that confirms salt enhances the flavour of food. There's a reason it's a kitchen cupboard staple, ...