Is it good to drink salt water every day?

Drink salt water in the morning and honey in the evening. Many people who understand health preservation know this sentence. In addition to being an essential condiment, salt also has health benefits that cannot be underestimated. When our throat is inflamed, salt water can reduce inflammation and relieve pain, and drinking some can provide relief. Especially for patients with diarrhea, drinking salt water is very helpful because of the severe loss of sodium. So is it good to drink salt water every day? The editor will answer for you below.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that salt has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. According to the "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica", salt can "harmonize the internal organs, eliminate stale substances, and make people healthy." Therefore, drinking a glass of light salt water on an empty stomach after getting up in the morning can help reduce heat and benefit the kidneys, keep bowel movements smooth, and improve the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines.

If the human body sweats a lot, some sodium ions and potassium ions in the body may be lost, resulting in hyponatremia or hypokalemia. This requires the supplementation of sodium and potassium, and the usual method is to drink more light salt water and foods and beverages high in potassium. However, many people only drink some light salt water after sweating, or even when they experience symptoms of sodium deficiency such as fatigue, dry mouth, dizziness, muscle pain, numbness of hands and feet, etc. This kind of passive sodium supplementation slows down the body's metabolism, increases the burden on the kidneys, and often does not play the desired role.

As the folk proverb says, drinking salt soup in the morning is like ginseng soup, while drinking salt soup in the evening is like arsenic. If people take the initiative to supplement sodium, they can drink some light salt water as soon as they get up in the morning before sweating profusely or when it is hot, to ensure that the sodium content in the body still basically meets the requirements after sweating. This can maintain normal cell metabolism, stabilize the osmosis inside and outside cells, regulate the acid-base balance in the body, maintain relatively strong energy, and avoid symptoms such as physical fatigue and dizziness. In addition, drinking a cup of light salt water in the morning can be quickly absorbed by the body, diluting the blood, increasing blood flow, and preventing cerebral thrombosis and arteriosclerosis. Drinking light salt water in the morning is also a good way to prevent habitual constipation and maintain health.

I believe that after reading this, everyone knows that there are many benefits to drinking salt water in the morning. In addition, you also know what the benefits are. But the editor would like to remind you that the salt water you drink in the morning must not be too salty, and the concentration of the salt water should be low, otherwise it may be harmful to the body. It is also important to note that this is not feasible for patients with high blood pressure, and they must drink less salt water.