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>I read that our bodies use chlorine to make hydrochloric acid, without
>which we cannot properly digest cooked meat (and maybe other food). I
>have not noticed any effect of salt re acid-base balance.
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>If you don't use salt you must eat totally raw.
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Yes, I know that our stomachs use hydrochloric acid to break down food,
but, certainly, people have been eating, and getting nutrients from,
cooked foods, since before salt was available to everyone, or so I would
think.

Neil