[deleted] t1_j6mprim wrote
Reply to comment by Incendas1 in ELI5: If drinking salt water further dehydrates the body, why is saline used to treated dehydration? by Dartualexmachina
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Cubusphere t1_j6mq5xh wrote
No. Saline is exactly what your body needs in terms of water and sodium chloride (table salt), sea water is way too much salt, distilled water a bit too little.
nrron t1_j6mujhn wrote
ElI5 isn’t a guessing game and you’re wrong
KingKongDuck t1_j6mq1yn wrote
No, it's to do with best absorption of the water which saline provides. Not about making you thirsty or otherwise.
Incendas1 t1_j6mqk9q wrote
We have salt in our bodies and that's necessary as well. So when you're dehydrated you lose both water and salts.
twotall88 t1_j6mrkph wrote
No, to be actually hydrated you need to consume salts that include sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, phosphate, and magnesium. If your diet is deficient in that and all you drink is H2O/water then you will still be dehydrated while urinating a lot.
In fact, for your kidneys to function properly they need to basically be full of sodium.
Hatedbythemasses t1_j6n15g5 wrote
Why not just read the link it would take just as much time to read the link and find out on your own as it did to ask others to tell you.
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