Re: evolution and diet (was: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise)

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 13:06:37 MDT

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    > (Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com>):
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    > ...with a typical hunter-gatherer intaking perhaps ten times as much
    > potassium as sodium. Today, salt is added to nearly all processed
    > foods. What does the violation of this assumed metabolic invariant do?

    It makes your food taste good. Mmmmm, sodium. 

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