Take it with a pinch of salt

Eating an egg for breakfast in peace is not always easy given the common admonition, "Don't use so much salt!"

While high consumption of table salt has long been blamed for high blood pressure, some scientists are now not so sure.

Beyond dispute, however, is that the human body's fluid balance and absorption of nutrients depend on salt, which maintains osmotic pressure in the lining of blood vessels, explains Stephan Bischoff, a professor of nutritional medicine at Hohenheim University in Germany.