If you eat too much salt, will a diuretic, such as tea, help expel it from the body?

Question

This is not a school question. If a diuretic will not help expel excess salt from the body, what will? Also, what if someone overate salt, how to expel the salt quickly from the body to prevent harm?

Answer 1

Well, it depends on how much salt. As long as your kidneys are normal, your body usually takes care of the excess salt. Make sure to stay hydrated so you can flush the excess out. However, this does not work well for someone with congestive heart failure because their bodies tend to hold onto salt. Diuretics can help but trying to avoid excess salt in the first place is your best bet.

Answer 2

An excessive amount of salt in your body will cause you to retain water, as salt is directly responsible for helping your body to absorb water. If you use a diaretic or even a laxative, these will cause you to lose the excess water. You will also lose some amount of salt and electrolytes, and if you continue to drink a lot of water (and wacth your salt intake) while you use the diaretic, you shold be able to flush it out.

Answer 3

What I will do is to expell the excessiveness of water in your body, so that you will not retain such in your body, but the salt, I believe, will remain there.