Dietary approaches to stop hypertension

October 10th, 2008 By Barbara Quinn

I was doing what any self-respecting dietitian does with friends at the beach ... reading the label on the corn chip bag. I was surprised that this particular brand was lower in sodium than other snack foods I've seen.

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