The World Health Organization (WHO) released a set of guidelines on Sunday (January 26, 2025) recommending use of lower-sodium salt substitutes. While the international body had already strongly ...

Importantly, these recommendations do not apply to packaged snacks and foods eaten at restaurants and cafeterias — which account for a big chunk of the daily sodium intake. Normal table salt contains ...

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but sodium bicarbonate has a sibling that should not be overlooked: Sodium carbonate. Sodium carbonate, also called washing soda or soda crystals, is a sodium compound that combines a strong base with ...

Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ...