2006-09-04 22:30:43 · 20 answers · asked by Peter L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
If you drink salt water you will start vommitting hence we cant drink salt water.It is true yhough that our body needs bothbut from different sources.
2006-09-04 22:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by sumant b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can drink salt water. When i lived in the middle east I used to drink water with salt in it to overcome dehydration. As a rule of thumb if it tasted nice then you needed it.
Seawater however, contains many other elements, not just salt.
2006-09-05 05:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concentration of salt is way to high is sea water for us to be able to be absorbed into our bodies. Too much of a good thing turns into a bad thing. The excess salt can not be absorbed by the stomach and you would vomit it all out, getting nothing in return. Vomiting will make you loose even more water. The main reason you can not absorb salt at this concentration is, in essence, sea water has more dissolved it it than your own body does. Your body is make of of purer water than sea water!!!
2006-09-05 10:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by Arc T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of salt that is in salt water is far too much for humans to cope with, thats why we just take salt in meals.
2006-09-05 05:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Will M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt (sea) water has far too much salt in it, and will dehydrate us instead of quenching our thirst. Plus, the amount of bacteria in it, jeez I wouldn't drink that water for all the jewels in the crown.
Yes, we do need salt, but only a very small amount to maintain an electrolyte balance in the body.
2006-09-05 05:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by Disgruntled Biscuit 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are about 35g of salt in every litre of sea water. To get enough water we would have to consume way too much salt and it would eventually kill us.
The upper daily limit for salt is 5.8g and the average daily requirement for water is 2-3 litres. If we drank 2-3 litres of salt water we would ingest 70-100g of salt per day.
2006-09-05 05:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by uselessadvice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all about the quantities. We need lotsa water, but just a little salt. And there's too much salt in salt water it'll dehydrate you and make you reach for a jar of pure water
2006-09-05 15:39:37 · answer #7 · answered by serena 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sea water has minerals that are in very large quantity ,in some case it might be around 200 to300% more then needed by the human body .
secondly ,sea water is not pure ,and to purify we need to remove salt from the water otherwise it will get deposited on the walls of the machines
2006-09-05 05:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by sandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a guess I'd say because there is so much salt in sea water. We only need 6 grams a day (so says the telly anyway).
2006-09-05 06:56:27 · answer #9 · answered by helen g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt water has a higher concentration of salt than your body cells, therefore the water from your body cells would, by the process of osmosis, move from your body cells to the gut or urinary tract, from where it would be expelled, ending in your death, assuming you hadn't already died from the collapse of your body cells as they shrank from losing water.
2006-09-08 19:28:30 · answer #10 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋