Boosting potassium may lower blood pressure more effectively than cutting sodium alone. Potassium helps by relaxing blood vessels and assisting the kidneys in flushing out excess sodium.

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A New York company has recalled nearly 19,000 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products after sodium nitrite levels exceeded the regulatory limit. That's according to the ...

Smith Packing, LLC, of Utica, NY, is recalling 18,792 pounds of various ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products because of sodium nitrite levels exceeding the regulatory limit ...

Smith Packing, LLC—based in Utica, New York—issued a recall due to "sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory limit," according to a April 29 press release. The variety of meat items ...

which shipped products used to make sodium perchlorate and ammonium perchlorate for Shenzhen Amor; China Chlorate Tech (CCT), which transferred funds to Yanling Chuanxing Chemical Plant ...

Although no adverse health reactions have been confirmed, excessive sodium nitrite can cause methemoglobinemia — a condition impairing oxygen transport — which may lead consumers to experience ...

The recall was "due to sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory limit," per the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Getty Nearly 19,000 pounds of ready-to ...