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human
If I consumed excess salt in my diet, could I counteract this by drinking an extra glass or two of water?

Is there any method to counteract eating excess salt?
gpt
The only bad thing about eating too much salt is that it raises your blood pressure by helping your body retain water. If you drink more water with your salt, you'll actually increase your blood pressure more. So actually the way to "counteract" too much salt is to take a diuretic so you'll urinate more and get rid of the excess water, as well as the excess salt. But then if you do that, you also get rid of potassium, which you're probably not eating excessively, leading to an imbalance with respect to sodium and potassium. These two elements are essential in many processes in your body, notably in the regulation of the heart beat and in the working of muscles. This is why marathoners die when they rehydrate with plain water instead of water containing sodium and potassium.

So basically, it's just a lot easier to not eat so much salt.