>>2942400>I highly doubt something we have to mine out of the earth is essential to human life>life began in the oceans>every cell in the body and every fluid in the body needs sodium>90% of the mineral content of your blood is salt>needed to fire nerve impulses>needed to regulate body temperature>needed to regulate fluid balance>needed to regulate cell/fluid pH balance>herbivorous animals will literally travel miles to eat salty earth or lick salt from cave walls or drinks seawater>I highly doubt its essential to human lifeAlso you could absolutely drinks seawater if you diluted it appropriately. The mineral content of seawater is 90% salt, just like human blood, its just 5x more concentrated than human blood. If you drank 50ml of seawater diluted with 250ml of freshwater you would be perfectly fine.
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