What I meant is that cravings for sugar and salt modulate taste covariantly. Which you seem to get. None the less, salt still has am enjoyable taste inherently, before being amplified/minified.
Uh, yeah, I think a five year old would get that. Things that one craves taste quite good when they finally hit one's taste buds.
But this:
> Salt really only tastes good when you need salt.
Logically implies that when a person does not need salt, salt does not taste good to that person.
Do you have a reference that supports any of this? It runs counter to all of my observations.
I do crave it often though, especially when I exercise more or don't eat much for longer time periods. I also drink a lot of water.