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The salt isn't there because you need salt, it's there to optimise absorption of water. This is treatment for H2O deficiency, not anything else.
by chillydawg 9y ago
The salt isn't there because you need salt, it's there to optimise absorption of water. This is treatment for H2O deficiency, not anything else.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoHuh, interesting, anything i can read on this point? Aka citation please.
- radarsat1 9y agoThis seems to explain it.. http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/smallgut/absorb_water.html http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/smal...
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoHmm, that's going to need some study - particularly that the article says osmolarity allows for water to flow down the gradient, but then the final paragraph says that water can flow contrary to the gradient too. Thanks for the link.
- chillydawg 9y agoThe article you are commenting on explains it in great detail.