Samantha Bonar

It's the ultimate salt vs. sugar smackdown! On Monday we reported that sugary drinks have been linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide annually. Now a new report presented at a conference yesterday says that eating too much salt kills 2.3 million people every year, CBS News reports. Researchers looked at 247......

Now we know you were all really mad at NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for trying to ban large-sized sodas. But the man may have had a point. Sugary beverages are linked to more than 180,000 deaths worldwide annually, according to new research presented this week at an American Heart Assn......

The report of the demise of that golden sponge cake with the creamy filling may have been premature. Twinkies and their Hostess snack brethren could be back by as soon as this summer. Two private equity firms have bought the iconic brands for $410 million, CNN reports. There were no......

Updated March 8, 2013, 10:03 a.m. The Bumble Bee tuna recall has expanded to over 3 million cans and now includes Chicken of the Sea products as well, USA Today reports. The 659,784 recalled cans of Chicken of the Sea tuna were canned at Bumble Bee's California plant. The Chicken......

A couple of North Carolina moms with extra time on their hands (and perhaps a little self-promoting to do) perused the ingredients list for that all-time favorite kids food, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, and noticed that it contains the dyes Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, which give it its distinctive......

King Arthur Flour has initiated a voluntary recall of flour sold between mid-December and early February, according to an email sent to the company's "Baking Friends." The recall also was announced on the King Arthur website. King Arthur is the third largest seller of flour in the country. The issue?......

Calories from fast food made up more than 11 percent of the typical American diet from 2007 to 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, that's down from 13 percent of daily calories from 2003 to 2006, according to report author Cheryl Fryar. Fryar told U.S......

Special K comes in flavors including blueberries, red berries, "chocolatey delight," "chocolately strawberry," cinnamon pecan, fruit & yogurt, oats & honey, and vanilla almond. And now you can add a new ingredient to the mix -- glass fragments. Coming right on the heels of Nestle's recall last week of Lean......