Timeline for Create a disease that can easily be cured by adopting a custom from another culture

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May 14, 2017 at 12:55	comment	added	SRM		@PeterShor What's your point? If the culture this author is creating has enough dietary salt, then it's perfectly valid to use excess salt as the cultural ingredient to stave off disease... exactly my answer.
May 14, 2017 at 2:18	comment	added	Peter Shor		That's only if you have lots of meat to eat. The British salt tax in India meant that poor people couldn't afford enough salt, and it led to millions of deaths.
May 14, 2017 at 1:51	comment	added	SRM		You can get enough salt in diet to live from just eating meat, dairy, eggs, and fish. Some vegetables also contain salt. That salt, however, is not enough to control spoilage or limit pests. @PeterShor
May 13, 2017 at 23:12	comment	added	Peter Shor		Since salt is an essential nutrient, and lack of salt will eventually kill you, this isn't a very realistic solution. Maybe use some other spice.
May 13, 2017 at 6:21	history	answered	SRM	CC BY-SA 3.0