salt
Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt works as well as blood pressure meds, study finds
Food
November 12, 2023
Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt works as well as blood pressure meds, study finds
Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt from your diet each day can lower your top blood pressure reading just as much…
Surprising uses for salt
Food
April 12, 2023
Surprising uses for salt
If you think salt is a one-trick pony, you’re not thinking outside the box. In fact, we’re more apt to…
Protests erupt in Jordan after COVID-19 hospital deaths scandal
Middle East
March 15, 2021
Protests erupt in Jordan after COVID-19 hospital deaths scandal
AMMAN (Reuters) – Protests erupted across many of Jordan’s cities and provincial towns against the government’s coronavirus restrictions, a day…
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
Environment
May 19, 2019
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools…
Poor diet linked to 1 in 5 deaths globally: study
World
April 4, 2019
Poor diet linked to 1 in 5 deaths globally: study
One in five deaths globally are linked to poor diet, experts said Thursday, warning that overconsumption of sugar, salt and…
Most calories in US diets come from ‘ultra-processed’ food
Health & Fitness
March 13, 2016
Most calories in US diets come from ‘ultra-processed’ food
New research published this week in the journal BMJ Open has found that more than half of the calories in…
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Culture
March 2, 2016
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Researchers from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, known as Inserm, have shown that gastric bypass surgery,…
Petroleum Chamber rejects Port Said governor’s withdrawal of the Max Salt Company contract
Egypt
May 12, 2015
Petroleum Chamber rejects Port Said governor’s withdrawal of the Max Salt Company contract
Tamer Abu Bakr, head of the Petroleum Chamber, rejected the withdrawal of the usufruct contract of the public sector Max…
An epic mystery, with clues: Navigating Hassan Khan’s survey at SALT
Art news
December 10, 2012
An epic mystery, with clues: Navigating Hassan Khan’s survey at SALT
ISTANBUL — Artist, musician and writer Hassan Khan’s selected survey exhibition at SALT is like a mystery scattered with various…
‘Becoming Istanbul’ art exhibit: On the making of Beyoglu
Art news
September 22, 2011
‘Becoming Istanbul’ art exhibit: On the making of Beyoglu
ISTANBUL - Istanbul's SALT Art Institute has, according to a recent interview with Research and Programs Director Vasif Kortun, one…