If salt is edible and water is, why is drinking saltwater not good for you? Like sometimes you have to swish warm saltwater around in your mouth and getting ocean water in your mouth is okay so why us drinking it bad?
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Our kidneys cannot make urine from a concentration of salts of more than 2%. Seawater is made up of approximately 3% salt, so if we drink it to quench our thirst the kidneys have to use existing water from our body in order to dilute the extra salt, which in turn makes us feel even thirstier.
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