Why is the “salt addiction” myth still with us? The origin of the myth all goes back to the moment we stopped looking at salt as an essential, life- giving force— and started seeing it as a hedonistic indulgence, a human appetite to be managed as opposed to trusted.
---Does it mean we started to manage our appetite instead of trusting it? Does "manage" mean the same as "control" here?
Newguest Does it mean we started to manage our appetite instead of trusting it? Our appetite for salt, yes. At least, we started to see it as something that needed to be managed.
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NewguestDoes it mean we started to manage our appetite instead of trusting it?
Our appetite for salt, yes. At least, we started to see it as something that needed to be managed.
NewguestDoes "manage" mean the same as "control" here?
Yes, more or less.