On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:55:16 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 11/08/2011 3:22 PM, Kswck wrote:
>
>>> emmy007
>>
>> People are 'hard-wired' to crave salt. It is a necessary mineral for the
>> body.
>>
>>
>I had a summer job in an alloy smelting plant and there were salt pill
>dispensers. I learned to tell when I needed salt. For years after that
>I would occasionally find myself staring at a salt shaker and then take
>a lick of salt. I realized that when I had that craving I must need it.
>It would taste really good, but if I did not need salt it tasted.... salty.

I was like that in the summer when I worked construction. I don't
much care for salt but I know when I need it. I'm the same way with
vitamin C. I'll wake up in the middle of the night craving orange
juice.

Lou