Most of us have someone in our lives who holds a special place in our heart. Baba is one of those people. My feelings for him go beyond any words I can use. My family feels the same about him, as do his own relations. That’s a lot of people. Baba comes from a...

Who can forget 9/11?  Our lives have changed forever since then. Even though I live in Ohio far from Manhattan, I can remember that fateful day just like it was yesterday. I was in the middle of morning surgery when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. I...

Americans are not only eating too much salt, the adverse effects of adding salt to our food are made worse by an inadequate amount of potassium in our diet. This concept has been around for several decades. Dr. Lewis K. Dahl’s experiments on rats at the...

Conflicts going on all over the world and stories of “collateral damage” along with unintended death and destruction from “friendly fire” are very common.  But would you believe that your salt habit may actually be prompting your...

My phone has been ringing off the hook ever since the recent media release about salt from the Institute of Medicine (IOM for short) came out. “Did you hear, the New York Times is reporting that you don’t have watch your salt anymore” says one my...

I recommend the following article from the Times of Malta titled “Health Risks with Too Many Pinches of Salt.” The article focused on a recently released study published in the Malta Medical Journal which revealed that: Most chefs, whether working in...

The following article titled “Top 15 Myths about Blood Pressure”, published in The Times of India, is worthy of your consideration. Kudos to Renita Tisha Pinto for such an excellent article.  The points raised are very much in line with our writings...

Most fast-food places trick children into eating unhealthy foods by enticing them with attractive packaging. They even include popular toys in the package to make these unwhole offerings irresistible. Parents and grandparents often treat the children to a “happy...

The global brief on hypertension issued by The World Health Organization to mark its birth anniversary on April 7th serves as stark reminder of the massive global health care crisis caused by salt-induced high blood pressure. More than one billion people worldwide...

The next time you order your favorite sandwich for lunch, you should consider saying, “No cheese please.” Let me explain: We have previously reported in our book Salt Kills that cheese makes the list of the top 10 most unwanted salty items. Recently...