In a message dated 1/30/02 5:42:06 AM, Wally Ballou <[log in to unmask]
writes:

<< On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:51:48 -0400 matesz <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> (Thanks for speaking up, Don!!!)  I resisted the idea, very attached
> to my sea salt.  I was also exchanging e-mails with Loren Cordain,
> who made it clear that he considered salt a POISON,

I just can't accept this.  Salt is one of the basic "flavors" that we can
taste, and while the natural desire for saltiness may not be as strong
and compelling as our natural desire for "sweet," it seems completely
bizarre to consider it dangerous or foreign to the human diet.
 >>

Indeed, one must not forget that humans have an entire portion of the tongue
devoted to the ability to sense "saltiness". I don't believe anyone could
reason that this physical attribute is there "by accident" for no reason at
all. Just because humans have been known to eat salt in amounts hundreds of
times greater than Paleo folks might have, doesn't mean salt isn't absolutely
necessary to sustain life, albeit in minute quantities. Humans and animals
have always sought out natural salt licks.

Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley, NY