whycant you drink salt water i have a project and i came across this question
2007-09-16 14:53:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Salt water has salt and salt dehydrates you, so drinking salt water is even worse than not drinking at all.
2007-09-16 14:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by Katy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
U know how our body is made of water, now if u bring all this salt into ur body and then water flows from high concentration to low concentration. So, in other words, the water in ur body flows out to dilute this massive amt of salt. As a result, the water goes away and u end up with ur body with very less water (which is dangerous!!)
2007-09-16 22:04:39 · answer #2 · answered by K.P. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here is a good explanation,
saltwater contains high concentrations of salt, that can affect our bodies if taken in large quantities..
In order for your body to eliminate salt, you have to drink water... but if you drink salt water again, the water you drink is less than the salt you take, so it will be bad for you and would lead to dehydration..
giving the scientific explanation:
The amount of sodium chloride in human blood and in urine is always kept within a very narrow range of 9 g per L (0.9% by weight). Drinking seawater (which contains about 3.5% ions of dissolved sodium chloride) temporarily increases the concentration of sodium chloride in the blood, so the only way to excrete the excess sodium chloride in the urine is by sacrificing internal water from cells. The cells eventually give so much water to try to dilute the salt that they die from dehydration, quickly followed by organs and eventually the organism.
hope this helps
2007-09-16 22:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by toffer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when you drink salt water it increases your urine output because salt increases the concentration of your blood. so your kidney releases more wate to dilute the salt, this decreases the water in your body making you thirstier
2007-09-16 22:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by @YD@y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually u can---but you wont get hydrated.
the salt conflicts with the water in some stupid way.
and the salt makes u throw up....
why thinking of drinking the Dead Sea????
2007-09-16 21:57:47 · answer #5 · answered by i love ((_crayons_))> 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nobody can stop you from doing it, but your body will not welcome the salt water into your body.
Boats produce their own freshwater from the sea. Do you know how they do that? I do!
2007-09-16 22:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
has to do with osmosis, it will actually do the opposite of what you are attempting and cause you to pee out all your water till you shrivel up into a piece of human jerky.
2007-09-16 21:57:41 · answer #7 · answered by Micheal M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can; however, vomiting and possible death await those who try.
Darwinists claim our ancestors came from the sea; if such was true, sea water would not harm us.
2007-09-16 21:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because salt can dehydrate you.
2007-09-16 21:57:48 · answer #9 · answered by ??? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋