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Strong Support
If young, healthy guys at rest drink salty water (with 0.7% or 0.9% salt), they hold onto more fluid than if they drank plain water—because they pee less and their body fluids stay balanced.
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Carbohydrate hastens hypervolemia achieved through ingestion of aqueous sodium solution in resting euhydrated humans
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2021 DecThe study found that drinking salty drinks (with 0.7% or 0.9% salt) helps the body hold onto more fluid than drinking plain water, because people pee less and their body fluids stay balanced.
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