Lot's wife and the old salt: cross-cultural comparisons of attitudes toward salt in relation to diet

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 36 • SAGE Publications • • Published In • Pages: 123-150 •
By Parman, Susan

Abstract

This article examines attitudes toward salt as a cultural mechanism to regulate salt consumption, finding that meat-eating societies (associated with higher salt consumption) have more negative proverbs and other forms of cultural expression associated with salt, and societies with plant-based diets (associated with lower salt consumption) have more positive cultural expressions.
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