– If electrolytes are salt, and salt makes you dehydrated, how do electrolytes help you retain water?

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– If electrolytes are salt, and salt makes you dehydrated, how do electrolytes help you retain water?

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Too much salt makes you dehydrated, you need salt to live, but not too much. Ocean water is too salty for humans to consume and will kill you you if you drink too much. Saline which is what you get at the hospital is the perfect amount of salt for your body and is used to keep people hydrated and rehydrate the dehydrated