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    • This Is Why You Crave Salt When You're Dehydrated

    Your body needs to maintain a healthy balance of electrolytes including sodium which is found in salt. When you get dehydrated, you lose that steady fluid equilibrium.

    "We need 2,300 milligrams — or one teaspoon — of salt a day," explains Dr.

    Pooja Amy Shah, MD (via Well+Good). "It's one of the most important components in our bodies."

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    The craving of salty food is an innate body protection mechanism. Ironically when we need to drink more water, we crave salt.

    Though this may seem like an opposing urge, when eat salt, when naturally want liquid soon after because the salt makes is thirsty.

    "Often times thirst is masked by hunger," Amanda A. Kostro Miller, registered dietitian, tells Byrdie.

    "Also, salt and salty foods stimulate thirst, so if you're craving something salty, your body may actually be begging for some water."

    It's a case of the body knows what it needs.

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