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Hasn't that been known for a long time. The strong anti-Salt attitude was scientifically challenged for a long time but the knowledge is very slow to spread.
by nickik 8y ago
Hasn't that been known for a long time. The strong anti-Salt attitude was scientifically challenged for a long time but the knowledge is very slow to spread.
- killjoywashere 8y agoWe have known that salt is a vital part of the diet since pre-history. The problem is the modern diet, (Western, Eastern, or other) is rich in rich foods, and essentially all land animals evolved to favor salt, by taste rewards, geography, or whatever other genetic conditioning. Salt was scarce. Now it's not. And the access to salt induces direct salt consumption, which can be lethal to a brittle hypertensive, but also encourages more food consumption in general because it makes almost any food more delicious.
- astura 8y agoThe amount of salt consumed per capital has NOT increased in the last 50 years, it's stayed remarkably consistent even as packaged food has increased in saltiness. That suggests access to salt does NOT induce a direct salt consumption, it suggests humans regulate their salt consumption based on their biological needs.