Why does salt make such a big difference in recipes or adding it to food? Adding a little makes such a big difference. Why?

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Your body craves 3 things. Salt sugar and fat. In the wild these can be harder to find, so when your body senses them it’s like hey this is good we need this. A million years of evolution hasn’t caught up with our ability to easily obtain these things.