Drinking small amount of sea water to survive: A very bad idea

As we all understand how important water is for our life. From molecules to our organs, each and every part of human body is dependant upon the availability of water. The water we drink in our daily lives has very minute traces of salts in it, while the sea water is quite rich in different salts that makes it unfavorable for drinking purpose.

If you are dying out of thirst and you can’t find even a drop of fresh water, stranded in the ocean. What would you do?. Definitely, your brain would convince you to drink sea water as your vision process the information of infinite water in the sea. But the truth is, it would decrease your chances of returning back home alive.

The reason is the amount of salt present in it. Drinking water rich in salts would signal your body to get rid of excess salts that you are taking in. Our body gets rid of salts through urine. Having higher amount of salts would increase the process of urination and ultimately you’ll lose all the water present in your body.

Now you might be wondering what happens to water portion that you drank from sea water. This water quantity is so small as compared to water being used to get rid of salts that it cannot fulfill the body requirements.

So my advice to you, Never ever drink even tiny amount of sea water. It’ll take you one step closer to death.