Salt on pizza

My daughter came home from school the other day and shared that one of her friends had to put salt on her pizza in order to enjoy it.  In fact, she shared that several of her friends shared that this was fairly common practice.  So what's the problem?  This is a indicator that someone is craving salt taste or yang in general and this craving is an indication that there is a significant out of balance condition.  The extreme taste of this combination gives a hit to the consumer that they then look for in the future in other foods as well.  Adding salt at the table is never a good idea.  Salt should always be cooked with the food so that it is buffered from direct contact with the tissues in the body.

Practices such as these should be sign posts of an underlying imbalance.

Imbalance such as is indicated here can lead to cravings for extreme yin substances as well.  These extreme yin substances include tobacco, alcohol, and, of course drugs.  

Extreme imbalance always calls for extreme satisfiers.

Once the state of imbalance reaches this point, it is difficult to reverse.  The key is to provide foods from the middle of the yin - yang spectrum which bring the subject back to balance.  Unfortunately these central foods do not provide the expected kick to the tastebuds that the subject has grown accustomed to so they are often rejected as not tasting good.  This becomes a vicious circle which can spiral out of control.