Cutting Sodium by 50 Percent Would Save About 150,000 Lives Annually

Health experts have been ringing alarm bells about the amount of sodium, or salt, in processed foods for years. But according to discouraging new data published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, most food companies aren't listening. The average sodium content of 528 packaged and restaurant...

You know, Finland did a national study where they replace common table salt with a mixture of spices and minerals. The result was that they decreased hypertension related medical costs by nearly one half. But, man, its hard to get salt out of the diet.