Metabolism Of Chlorides - Use Of Common Salt http://chestofbooks.com/health/nutrition/Food-Chemistry/Metabolism-Of-Chlorides-Use-Of-Common-Salt.html … "The use of salt enables us to employ a greater variety of the earth's products as food than we could do without it." But also, according to Bunge: "We are accustomed to take far too much salt with our viands. Salt is not only an aliment, it is also a condiment, and easily lends itself, as all such things do, to abuse." …