[gosheroo]

>food does taste better with salt added

Right, so the mode of intake matters, not just the salt itself.

For example one could eat bland (unsalted) food and drink salt water later which would produce less pleasure for the same quantity of sodium consumed. So there might be different physiological effects.

[godmodus]

taste + pleasure centers in the brain.

used to be useful when we were huntergatherers!

these days, it's just nice for food to taste good!