Show TI VALUE 0 SALT IN FOOD Has Distinct Benefit Apart from Its Flavoring Powers Salt Is perhaps tho commonest condiment con-diment of all and yot man practically stands mono among animals as a regular consumer of It In tho more or less pure state and ns < a definite adjunct ad-junct to his food Salt Is present inmost In-most foods but tho amount In the majority of cases would not appear to satisfy mans needs or ho would not Instinctively add more Moreover salt may not necessarily exist In tho reo stale of foods of natural origin gut may be loosely combined with organic or-ganic constituents There can be lit lo doubt that salt plays a greater part than that of a more condiment in tho body for It possesses bolveut powers which besides drawing out the fin VOl of food facilitate time absorption more particularly ot protelds and thus Increase tiuo metalballsm Tho pleasures of feeding would bo very decidedly diminished if salt and condiments condi-ments wero banished from our tables It Is noteworthy moreover that among condiments most of them while flavoring the digestive processes process-es are antiseptic so that their action tends to counteract any disposition to undesirable fermentation |