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Originally posted by InTheSlot@Jan 5 2005, 09:55 PM
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@Jan 5 2005, 06:49 PM
It looks like the Mexican Government has created and distributed 1.5 million pamphlets advising would-be 'immigrants' to the US on how to remain safe (and make an efficient, succesful crossing?).# "This guide is intended to give you some practical advice that could be of use if you already have made the difficult decision to seek new job opportunities outside your country."
Seems like the Mexican Administration isn't really playing fair on this issue.# Were the accusations that GW was poor on illegal immigration true?# I'd have thought he'd work hard to rectify that image (and situation).
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/01/...c.ap/index.html
I'd also never heard this, The book also recommends adding salt to water to avoid dehydration when making desert crossings and notes it is best to walk during times of low heat intensity.# I thought adding salt to water wasn't good, who knew?
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 Ocean water contains mostly, well …. water. Next it contains salt. Most of the fluid in your body is saline (salt water) …. so why can’t you drink salt water ?
The answer is because, in layman’s terms, salt absorbs water, so when you’re thirsty because you are dehydrated and you drink salt water.. you become even more dehydrated and thirsty.
So....after reading from what you said that this CNN article actually SUGGESTS that a person drink salt water to attempt to hydrate themselves, I'm not even gonna bother to read the rest -- that really discredits it.
Anyway, I would say the U.S. should be p*ssed. It's bad enough that people are migrating here illegally, but now there's a "how-to" book out there to aid them in their passage? C'mon! :angry: 
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Wow, that's a good attitude, I don't understand one bit of an article so I'm not gonna read or believe any of it.
Your body needs a certain level of salinity to funciton properly. Too much salt and you are in trouble. Too little salt and you're also in trouble.
Sea water contains too much salt so when you drink it your body needs to get rid of the extra, and that means p*ssing away more water than you drank in.
When you walk through the desert you lose salt by sweating. This means you have too little salt, and your body has to get rid of water so the salt levels get back to a reasonable level. This also means you get dehydrated.
So when you are sweating a whole lot you need some salt to keep you hydrated. [/b][/quote]
I didn't say I didn't understand it, I said it doesn't make much sense, so I wouldn't bother reading it.
BIG difference.
Anyhow, obviously I know that a human body has and needs salt. I already pointed that out by mentioning that it's called "saline".
EDIT: Bottom line is, drinking water with salt in it won't hydrate you any faster than water without salt in it, and, in fact, it will actually dehydrate you more.