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Salt water is the latest viral TikTok must-try promising to boost hydration and more - so, does it work?

Is this the easy - and cheap - solution for keeping hydrated?

Marie Claire

6 foods that could be making you age faster

New research shows how your diet may also play a role in how well you age.

Fortune

What is sugar soap? The £5 DIY essential you need for perfectly prepped walls for painting

This DIY hero is the key to achieving a perfectly painted wall

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Best salt tablets for runners: Replenishing supplements to power through long runs

Replenish lost minerals while maximising your recovery

Evening Standard

5 non-toxic alternatives to borax for cleaning – some of them are already in your pantry

From baking soda to lemon juice, cleaning experts share the natural alternatives they love

Homes & Gardens

How to prioritize healthy groceries

Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries

Salon

What if you could rank food by ‘healthiness’ as you shopped? Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries

Imagine a world where food on grocery store shelves is ranked by its healthiness, with simple, research-backed scores. In some countries, that world already exists.

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Scientists map use of epilepsy drug in England and Wales linked to birth defects

Data is used for the first time to show regional differences in the uptake of a single medicine – sodium valproate – and the potential benefits are striking say researchers

The Guardian - UK

How to use soy sauce like a "Top Chef"

Regular salt is fine. But in some cases, the umami-rich sauce may be better

Salon

Low sodium diet: the benefits of reducing salt and what foods to eat

GoodToKnow

I'm gifted in one area: sweating, so - in the name of science - I took to a heat chamber with a pro rider

Could his heavy sweating be the reason Steve Shrubsall will never win a Tour de France stage? The heat chamber may hold the answers...

Cycling Weekly

Epilepsy medication affected Sophie’s pregnancies. Should Australia adopt tougher guidelines?

Exclusive: FoI documents show Advisory Committee on Medicines considered tightening prescribing requirements for sodium valproate – but chose not to

The Guardian - AU

CATL's New Sodium-Ion EV Battery Works In -40 Degree Cold

China is reaching new heights in diversifying the battery chemistries used in electric vehicles. The country is already leading in subcategories of lithium-based chemistries, like nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC), nickel-aluminum-cobalt (NCA) and lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP). Earlier this year, state-run utility company China Southern Power Grid even deployed sodium-ion batteries for stationary energy storage. Now…

InsideEVs

Lunchables pulled from national school lunch programs in US

Kraft Heinz cites weak demand for pre-packaged meals amid reports of lead and high sodium in supermarket kits

The Guardian - US

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Lunchables Pulled from Public School Lunches Due to Plummeting Demand After Damning Report on Harmful Ingredients

Months after Consumer Trends revealed Lunchables contained high levels of sodium and lead, Kraft Heinz has pulled them from the National School Lunch Program, citing low demand.

Advnture

“Try, record, adjust” – ultra runner Galen Reynolds’ expert advice on finding a nutrition strategy to suit you

Galen Reynolds will try anything once to find nutritional gains – but usually ends up fueling with the stuff his kids leave on their plates…

The Guardian - AU

Curbing Australia’s salt intake with new WHO limits could save almost 3,000 lives in a decade, study says

WHO food scientist says relying on voluntary measures to reduce salt in the country’s food supply is not enough

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for 15 years after blinding acquaintance with sodium hydroxide

Jivan Dean attacked Raven Riley in Welsh eco-village after wrongly believing he had contacted his girlfriend

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NASA finds signs of hellish, lava-covered 'exomoon' circling an alien world — and it could meet a 'destructive end'

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have been birthed by a volcanic satellite, which may become the first officially recognized "exomoon."

Space

Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video)

A sodium cloud detected in the vicinity of an exoplanet named WASP-49 b hints at the presence of a natural satellite, also known as an exomoon.

The Guardian - UK

The electrolytes boom: a wonder supplement – or an unnecessary expense?

Everyone from triathletes to YouTubers is singing the praises of the super-hydrating mineral additives. Here are the benefits and disadvantages

Fortune

Taco Bell's Big-Cheez-It menu is loaded with fat and more salt than most people should have in a day

The ultra-processed items might be nightmares for consumers’ health.

Cycling Weekly

I’m a torrential sweater - why do I leak so much, and what does it mean for performance?

Perturbed by his own torrential sweating, Steve Shrubsall goes on a hunt for the truth about how perspiration affects performance at the pedals

The Conversation

What’s the difference between MSG and table salt? A chemist explains

It’s dinner time. You’ve worked hard to prepare a nutritious and tasty meal. But after taking your first bite you feel something is missing. Perhaps you should have added more salt? Pepper? Or maybe even something more exotic like monosodium glutamate, better known as MSG?

The Conversation

MSG is back. Is the idea it’s bad for us just a myth or food science?

MSG is making a comeback. The internet’s favourite cucumber salad recipe includes fish sauce, cucumber, garlic and – as the video’s creator Logan tells us with a generous sprinkle from the bag – “MSG, obviously”.

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