I have read that too that humans and animals have gone to great
efforts to try to acquire salt. Does anyone know of the use of sea
vegetables in place of using salt?
>Igor Chudov wrote:
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>>My recollection is that somewhere on the web I read a statement saying
>>that "salt is not paleo". I would like your thoughts on that.
>>Personally, my need for salt is much less, but I still use it.
>>
>>
>Humans and other critters will go to tremendous lengths to get salt.
>On a video we saw recently, elephants went 100 feet into a bat cave to pry
>salt deposits off the wall with their tusks. It is an essential for
>life, especially
>for those who exercise in hot weather. That said, modern SAD contains far
>far more salt than we need. Salted popcorn and pretzels are not paleo.
>IMHO, you have just the right "paleo" approach to salt.
>
> Lynnet
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