Nutrition and Your Body: Your Body on Salt

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into the body fluids Sensors in Jillian's brain DOES SALT MAKE YOU THIRSTY tell her she's thirsty so Scientists used to think that she drinks more water when people eat a lot of salt Balance is restored they get thirsty That's been the theory for decades But there may be more to the SALT OR story according to a 2017 SODIUM study Researchers fed two Many people use the groups of men identical diets But researchers changed the terms salt and sodium level of salt in the food When interchangeably But the men ate more salt they drank less The extra sodium they are different Salt may have triggered their is a natural mineral A bodies to conserve water mineral is a substance They were less thirsty not more The study has caused found in the earth scientists to rethink how the that does not come body balances salt and water from a plant or animal Salt is composed of two elements The elements are sodium and chloride Sodium's chemical symbol is Na Chloride's is Cl 6