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08 Mar 2021 / 15:19 H. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians, on average, consume 7.9 gm or 1.6 teaspoons of salt daily, higher than the five gm recommended by the World Health Organisation, according to the Malaysian Community Salt Study 2017-2018 (My CoSS 2017/2018). Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah ( pix) said in conjunction with World Salt Awareness Week that begins today until March 14, the ministry recommends Malaysians take some simple steps to reduce their daily salt intake. “Among the steps are to know are other names for salt used in food such as Sodium Nitrate, Sodium ...

The government will make it mandatory to label sodium content on food packaging effective July 2022, says Deputy Health Minister...

Left. the snow is supposed to stop between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. local time. but two weeks ago, we had the highways and local roads crammed with traffic. people took up to 20 hours to get home from school and their businesses. but today, we saw firsthand interstates looked like country roads they were that empty. >> schools have been closed for the past couple of days in preparation for this storm and trying to avoid what happened two weeks ago. they're not going to open tomorrow, are they? >> reporter: no, and a lot of people up north laugh a that. i'm a chicago and new jersey native. i'm tellin...

Shoppers in at least six states have launched federal class actions. those suits allege that target was negligent and didn't protect customers' card information. 40 million credit and debit account numbers were stolen as you probably know. target says it's working with the department of justice and the u.s. secret service now on the investigation. well, mcdonald's has some advice. don't eat fast food. huh? that's exactly what was posted on an employee website. it actually promotes raw vegetables and says things like, quote, pass on the pickles, less salt. but what's mcdonald's without pickle...

Me tell you why the dream act has to be passed. >> i have a question for you, what would happen if a teacher stood up and called the teacher a nazi? would he get suspend ed? >> absolutely. >> let me tell you something, i know you know the war of terror is going on, you've accepted that. can you accept the war on salt? >> you mean salt -- >> no, not an acronym. it actually means the salt itself, the think you shake on your food and yell at kids to stop shaking. you have to have permission to use. >> right. >> but there is an official war on salt despite recent studies that show salt isn't that ...