New studies of Russian cosmonauts, held in isolation to simulate space travel, show that eating more salt made them less thirsty but somehow hungrier. Subsequent experiments found that mice burned more calories when they got more salt, eating 25 percent more just to maintain their weight.
from the NYTimes
The more salt the better is now the new phrase
of doctors and nurses, who suddenly praise
dat ol' debil sodium like it was gold --
and never again will they caution and scold!
For cosmonauts proved that with plenty of salt
you will lose weight by hydraulic default!
So pass me the shaker and anchovy sauce --
for brine has been taken down off of the cross!
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