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Did you know that around 75% of salt can be found within processed and packaged food, which makes it difficult to monitor? Salt contains sodium so if your diet is high in salt, then you are putting yourself at risk of heart disease. With this in mind, we’ve listed a few actions you can take to reduce the amount of salt, and sodium, in your diet.

One of the misconceptions currently is that salt is the same as sodium and so the terms can be used interchangeably. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Sodium is just one of the components of salt.

We all know that too much salt can lead to heart disease. We are already eating more than the recommended amount of salt each day according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)1. However, what most of us might not know is that it’s the sodium in salt which has the greatest role in heart disease risk.

Are you planning to travel soon? With the Christmas break coming up, many people will be taking advantage of this to go on a holiday. But travelling by plane can lead to dehydration. 

Did you know that alcohol consumption can lead to dehydration? With the Christmas party period only a few short weeks away, we’ll look into why alcohol causes dehydration and how you can be prepared.