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Why do we crave salt?

Asked by syz (35943points) April 14th, 2009

Salt supplementation is vital to life (estimates seem to range from less than a pound to 16 pounds per year), yet we eat hundreds if not thousands of times as much as our body requires. It’s so valued that it was once used as currency. What is it about NaCl that affects our physiology so?

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