Common (salt) protest

Indians consume almost 10 grams of salt per day: Study

Almost 1.65 million deaths every year are due to heart disease caused by consuming more than 5 grams of salt per day.

Centre, Maharashtra play tag to ‘develop’ salt pans

Will Mumbai’s vast open expanse fall to realty? Not yet perhaps

Salt on ice

Trouble underground

Hype about salt

To eat or not to eat is not the question, says a critic of 'low salt' theory

Great change for Little Rann: Finance for solar panels and the road ahead

Salt farmers cannot apply for bank loans to buy pumps and subsidies promised are delayed

Save these camels of Kutch

The Kharai is a unique breed of camel found only in Kutch, which feeds on mangroves. But salt-making industries operating in the area are …

Watch: What does an ideal diet look like according to new ICMR nutrition guidelines?

Indians should derive macronutrients and micronutrients from at least eight food groups for their daily meals

Salt lights

SALINE SPREAD

Scientists develop salt tolerant rice variety

The variety can withstand salt concentration of up to 200 micromole per litre

Damage by salt

Our Coal, Our Right: Here is why these Chhattisgarh tribals stage a ‘coal satyagraha’ every October 2

Tribals from four blocks collect and auction coal on Gandhi Jayanti annually, in defiance of government rules

Choked on salt

Illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake’s ecology

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

Salt to taste? Reduce your sodium intake. It may save your life, says new WHO report

Only 5% of 194 WHO member states are protected by mandatory and comprehensive sodium reduction policies; 73% lack full range of implementing such …

Food fudge: A graphical guide on attempts to dilute nutritional thresholds

A working group of FSSAI prepared thresholds for fat, sugar and salt this year. Here is what is wrong with them 

Common sense about common salt

In earlier times, a mixture of salt, herbs and spices or a simple dose of salt by itself was considered a prime cure for a range of illnesses.

What does NFHS-5 tell us about India’s iodine consumption

Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Andhra Pradesh had the lowest consumption of iodized salt in the country 

Are north Indians eating wrong? New study shows imbalances & remedies

The average north Indian diet is high in salt and low in potassium, protein, increasing risk of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease &…

Taste of waste

How to make plants yield salt

Gold salts to treat arthritis

More toxic sludge than fresh water produced from desalination

That is the conclusion reached by the first global assessment of the desalination sector’s industrial waste

Half of all South Africans are overweight or obese. Warning labels on unhealthy foods help change that

Globally there’s been an increase in the availability and consumption of unhealthy food