I heard something years ago to taste your children because if they taste salty there is a condition involved, a vitamin/mineral deficiency, or something wrong concerning their health.....
does anyone know what it means to taste salty? with this heat lately i have noticed that my skin/perspiration does taste salty....
2006-07-31 08:46:18 · 5 answers · asked by KAREN 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
They used to taste children to see if they tasted salty as a "test" for cystic fibrosis. They don't do that anymore because, even kids do sometimes sweat enough to be salty. I've read that they used to check if you were spilling sugar in your urine by tasting it too. If it was sweet, you were spilling sugar. blah.
2006-07-31 08:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by t79a 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It usually means that you're dirty or sweaty, or you just finished sweating. Your skin DOES have a bit of a salty taste normally. It's nothing to worry about!
2006-07-31 15:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by My Chemical Romance= Love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you sweat, you sweat out fluids and salts from your body. That is why your skin tastes salty when it's hot and you've been sweating. It is normal. Make sure you are taking in plenty of fluids in the hot weather so that you don't get dehydrated.
2006-07-31 15:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by llamas&goats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just like noodle said, you normally taste salty if you are sweaty or dirty, absolutely nothing to worry about!
2006-07-31 15:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Lynda C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it with pepper, very tasty.......
2006-07-31 15:49:53 · answer #5 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋