In a message dated 9/4/01 10:45:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<<  I find the same thing with salt.  I no longer add salt to my food.  I
 think those who feel that higher amounts of salt are necessary are not
 taking into consideration the amount of sodium readily available in a paleo
 diet, and are not considering that the stuff most people call salt is very
 different from naturally occurring salt.  Just the facts that it is so
 highly processed and has additives beyond that of salt that occurs naturally
 should be an indicator that at the very least, common table salt is not a
 desirable food with benefits.
  >>
Agreed. Native peoples do use rock salt (which occurs naturally out in the
desert near here), and they did gather sea salt in lagoons. These naturally
occurring salts of course contain a lot more than just sodium chloride. They
traded salt, so it was important to them. Largely used as a preservative,
rather than a condiment, I would surmise.  And cattle of course need salt
licks.

Charles
San Diego, CA