Such studies consistently find that pregnant women develop an increased
desire for salty foods, combined with a diminished sensitivity to their taste.
Avoid adding salt to your dog's food, they don't have taste buds
developed for salty food, so this little flavour - addition is lost on them.
Human infants as young as 4 months of age prefer moderate concentrations of salt water to plain water and by 2 years of age, their
preferences for salty foods are even greater than they are for adults (18,20).
Article co-author, Frank L. Greenway MD, summarizes: «The reduction in hunger and the
desire for salty food that we saw in this study might make thylakoids particularly useful for people with high blood pressure and associated weight problems.»
Cravings
for salty food can be a sign of dehydration or a mineral or electrolyte imbalance.
I tend to eat a diet like that described, and I also find that my cravings
for salty food is extremely diminished - to the point that the food «most» people eat is too briny for me.