Why is ocean water bad for you?

Answer 1

There are two distinct problems with the consumption of salt in salt water. # Sodium from salt is absorbed into the bloodstream, and the thicker blood causes an increase in blood pressure. # Salt water, or water with any dissolved substance, is more difficult for the body to process. The body may not be able to absorb much water, or could actually throw off water to carry the salt out of the body. This can lead to dehydration.

Answer 2

Saltwater is a hypertonic fluid, meaning it contains more salt than human blood. In fact, the salinity of seawater is almost four times that of our bodily fluids. Drinking extremely hypertonic fluids such as seawater throws the body's coping mechanism into disarray. The net transfer of water from the inside of your cells to the outside will cause the cells to shrink considerably if left unchecked. Also, trying to excrete all that excess salt through our kidneys would result in us urinating more than we drink in, causing dehydration.

Answer 3

Well, actually salt isn't that bad for your body either but too much of it can cause to lung cancer Heart disease and other illnesses. We are recommended that everyone should have at average only half a spoon per day.

Answer 4

Human kidneys can only make urine that is less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking seawater, you have to urinate more water than you drank. Eventually, you die of dehydration even as you become thirstier.

Answer 5

Seawater contains more than just the salt used in cooking and seasoning foods. It is about three times more salty than your blood. It contains other minerals and elements that are also called salts. If you were to ingest a large amount of seawater, it would send your body's metabolism into shock. Water molecules would leave cells in order to try to dilute the salt. If the ingestion were to continue the dehydration would lead to seizures and brain damage. At the same time, the kidneys would shut down due to all the salt filtering through. You would eventually die.

Answer 6

Water in cells always move to a place where salt is higher using osmosis. This method tries to balance the amount of salt inside the cells with the amount outside the cells. If the amount outside is very high, the cells will actually completely dry out. This a method that people sometimes use to preserve food. Even bacteria can't live in salt so this food will last a vey long time.

If you should drink saltwater, the body will get signals that it is still thirsty and if you don't have fresh water and drink more saltwater, you will dehydrate and finally die. People who find themselves adrift in the ocean have 'water, water everywhere but none fit to drink'.

Answer 7

Drinking salt water [sea water] will eventually dehydrate you...do'nt rely on it!

Answer 8

Salt water isn't healthy to drink because to much salt is bad for you.