Salt substitutes offer a simple, low-cost way to reduce sodium intake and improve blood pressure, yet very few Americans actually use them—even among those who need them most. A large national ...

Salt substitutes replace sodium chloride in table salt with potassium chloride. They look and taste very similar to regular ...

There are those who avoid flour and gluten all year. If you also want, there are several tasty and healthy substitutes that ...

Sugar substitutes are readily available in restaurants throughout the country — but they may be confusing the brain and make people "feel" hungrier than they really are, a new study suggests.

To satisfy the public's craving for sweetness and concern about the health effects of sugar, food companies have increasingly turned to sugar substitutes. Natural and artificial sweeteners are added ...

Fear of getting fat stops people from eating butter, cream, oil, ghee and fried foods because fat is associated with weight gain, coronary heart disease and diabetes. Contrary to popular perception, ...

A recent report from the World Health Organization advises against sugar-substitute use for weight loss. The review found that the use of non-sugar sweeteners “does not confer any long-term benefit in ...