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Salt is a mineral; breaking it down any further gives you chloride and sodium ions, which are poisonous. Salt absorbs water, so when salt is consumed it takes water from your mouth/body which intern makes you thirty. So what is in salt that makes you thirsty is in fact THE SALT.

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