Every now and then, salt tastes like the best thing in the world. Like, eat salted corn chips till your gums are cut up kind of craving. Eat salt out the salt shaker type delicacy. Explain like I’m 5: why?
In: Biology
Your body will make your mind crave things it needs or feels it is lacking in. So likely your body needs electrolytes so it makes your brain think about how amazing salt tastes.
Salt is essential and was difficult to obtain back in the ancient times. Therefore our body has evolved to crave salt. Though salt has become widely available in modern society and taking too much salt will cause problem, the human species haven’t yet evolved to adapt to the new environment, as such evolution takes thousands to millions of years.
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