Why do sports drink that hydrate you have so much sodium in them?

Question

Doesn’t salt / sodium dehydrate you?

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Answer 1

>Doesn’t salt / sodium dehydrate you?

*Too much* salt dehydrates you – like the amount in seawater. But our bodies need salt (and other electrolytes) to live. Sports drinks have the right amounts of salts and other electrolytes to keep the balance of the salt that’s already in our bodies without being *too* salty.