| JoeTheBro said: You need better doctors. The concentration of salt in 12 oz can of coke is .13 PSS or .013%. For comparison the ocean averages around 32 PSS or 3.2% by weight. Obviously drinking from the ocean makes you thirsty. That's because the human body averages only 3 PSS or .3% salt by weight. The concentration of salt is 10 times greater in the ocean than in the body. Meanwhile a can of coke is only 4.3% of the concentration of salt in your body. Conclusion: The salt in coke doesn't make you thirsty. Sources for data: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/salinity-and-molarity.shtml http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-03/985293756.Me.r.html http://i5.minus.com/jn9DSAt37dsGN.jpg (I really hope I didn't screw up with my calculations. That would be embaressing ;0) |
What the heck is a PSS?
I know pop has anywhere between 40-90mg of Na per 335ml (12 oz) can. You need 1,500mg of salt a day, so a pop can ranges from 2-4.5% of your salt intake. Salt-Water is 3.5% salt. Pop has anywhere from half to nearly one and a half times the salt of saltwater.
Can you live on saltwater? No.
Random google searches tell me that the Human salinity is 0.9%, meaning any liquid with more then 0.9% salt will make you thirstier.
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