Eating Too Much Salt? Find Out With These 7 Warning Signs

Excessive thirst

A real shocker? Not really, considering that pretty much everyone’s experienced thirst after eating something salty, at some point.

The explanation is that the sodium in salt facilitates a balanced level of fluid in the body’s cells. When you eat excessively salty foods, your body requires more water to function properly and draws it from your cells, to balance the sodium-fluid ratio. As such, you begin to feel thirsty and dehydrated.

With table salt containing around 40% sodium and 60% chloride, just think twice next time you’re on a salt-sprinkling spree.

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