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Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and medicine Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 16 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

A new analysis looks at the impact of diet, writ large, on the “global burden of disease,” that is to say what in our diet is linked [1] to disease and to what extent.

   

We're so used to hearing advice about decreasing our sodium (and therefore salt) consumption that advice to do the opposite sounds like something the Onion might publish.

For years nutritionists and nutrition researchers have been warning Americans that we're eating too much sodium/salt.

As we've noted before, the amount of sodium an adult should consume has been, and still is, a bone of contention, with some experts finding t

A group called "World Action on Science and Health" (WASH) has declared March 20-26 as "Salt Awareness Week;" their goal being to encourage people all over the world to cut back on their salt consumption.

The folks over at the Environmental Working Group and NRDC must be greeting a new environmental study with mixed emotions. 

Under the heading of governmental overreach, two new doozies caught my attention: