how does osmosis makeus thirst when we eat a lot of potato chips?
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Yes.  When you eat potato chips, the salt concentration in your blood increases.  This means that there is more stuff in your blood than there is in your cells.  This results in your blood basically being a hypertonic solution which results in a net movement of water out of your cells.  This can be felt most easily when a high salt concentration draws the water out of the cells that line your mouth (these cells are used to a very moist environment of fairly pure water, so a sudden increase in salinity has a rather profound effect).
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Drink 6-8 cups of water a day. It normalizes the metabolizm. If you drink too much water (more than 8 cups daily) it could lead to kidney problems later in life. So drink not too much and not too little. Exercise also helps in the process and getting at least 8 hours of sleep daily.
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because in osmosis/ diffusion, solvent / solute moves across a barier to balance the concentration. since the water is saltier than normal, either water has to come out of the cells to dilute it, or salt has to go into the cells to make them more concentrated. either one is bad for cells, but in terms of osmosis, it is the water that does the moving, leaving the cells dehydrated.
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long term damage can come from a diet of too much of these things. The caffeine and sugars or diet sweeteners are hard on kidneys and the salt (sodium) in large quantities will also effect the kidney function. If you drink at least 8 glasses of water a day you would avoid damage even if you ate a lot of chips and sodas as the water will continually flush the toxins from your kidneys and not allow any to buildup.
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Your cells are always in an isotonic solution which means the solute level (salt and other material) and the water level is about the same. Salt water is a hypertonic solution because the levels of solute outnumber the water. When you drink salt water it causes the water in your cells to leave the try to reach equilibrium. This causes them to shrink and ultimatily make the organism die.
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http://www.ask.com/web?q=potato+chips+and+cancer%3F+&qsrc=0&o=0\n\nlooks like possibly so
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Actually, diabetes insipidus is a condition where your body can't concentrate urine properly. You end up drinking a lot because you're dumping so much water (I've had patients go through 10L a day!) but the primary problem is not addiction to water, it's the peeing too much. You have to take in massive amounts of fluid just to compensate and stay hydrated.\n\nWhen you pathologically drink too much water it's called polydipsia.
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delectable yummy electrolyte rejection..its when you dont drink enough lol
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My answer to this question is hydrated.Feeling thirst is a way of the human body saying, " hey I need some fluid"! The human body needs at least 64 ounces of fluid per day and more in the elderly.
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Drink a lot of water that's what causes this!!
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osmosis can occur in the small intestine where water is secreated and absorbed, while diffusion occurs in the lungs where oxygen is diffused into the blood stream and carbon dioxide is excreated from the blood stream to the atmosphere
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i will tell you the exact answer to this, see wat happens is when you drink more of water ur stomach is distended, the thirst centre in ur brain is satisfied, at the same time ur hunger centre is also inhibited so u tend to eat less.... also water helps in faster digestion and more excretion of waste products helping u to lose weight
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drinking too fast can cause cramps, and drinking too much can actually cause an electrolyte imbalance (because you lose electrolytes when you sweat):\nYes, you can drink too much water in a short period but it is uncommon.\n\nThere is a condition known as "water intoxication" or Hyponatremia.  Hyponatremia results when a dehydrated person drinks too much water without the accompanying electrolytes.\n\nSymptoms:\nThey are similar to those of dehydration (apathy, confusion, nausea, and fatigue), although some individuals show no symptoms at all.  If untreated, hyponatremia can lead to coma and even death.\n\nWho usually does this usually affect?\nWater intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in long distance athletes like runners and cyclists.  A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much.  Athletes can also suffer from water intoxication. Athletes sweat heavily, losing both water and electrolytes.  \n\nWater intoxication may not just be a problem among athletes.  Some people when hiking can drink large amounts of water and may not eat enough food to provide for the needed electrolyte (salt, potassium) replacement and energy.\n\nPhysiology:\nWhen too much water enters the body's cells, the tissues swell with the excess fluid.  Your cells maintain a specific concentration gradient, so excess water outside the cells (the serum) draws sodium from within the cells out into the serum in an attempt to re-establish the necessary concentration.  As more water accumulates, the serum sodium concentration drops, a condition known as hyponatremia.  The other way cells try to regain the electrolyte balance is for water outside the cells to rush into the cells via osmosis.  The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from higher to lower concentration is called osmosis.  Although electrolytes are more concentrated inside the cells than outside, the water outside the cells is 'more concentrated' or 'less dilute' since it contains fewer electrolytes.  Both electrolytes and water move across the cell membrane in an effort to balance concentration.  Theoretically, cells could swell to the point of bursting.\n\nFrom the cell's point of view, water intoxication produces the same effects as would result from drowning in fresh water.  Electrolyte imbalance and tissue swelling can cause an irregular heartbeat, allow fluid to enter the lungs, and may cause fluttering eyelids.  Swelling puts pressure on the brain and nerves, which can cause behaviors resembling alcohol intoxication.  Swelling of brain tissues can cause seizures, coma and ultimately death unless water intake is restricted and a hypertonic saline (salt) solution is administered.  If treatment is given before tissue swelling causes too much cellular damage, then a complete recovery can be expected within a few days.\n\nIt's not how much you drink, It's how fast you drink it!\nThe kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen liters of water a day! You are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink over time as opposed to intaking an enormous volume at one time.  As a general guideline, most adults need about three quarts of fluid each day.  Much of that water comes from food, so 8-12 eight ounce glasses a day is a common recommended intake.  You will probably need much more water if the weather is hot or very dry, if you are exercising, or if you are taking certain medications.  \n\nHow much?\nThe fluid requirement for the majority of endurance athletes, under most conditions, is about 8 to 16 ounces per hour.  There is considerable variation here, of course, due to individual sweating rates, body size and weight, heat and humidity, and running speed, and other factors.  Still, much more than this amount of fluid is, in most instances
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The minerals and salts in the water dehydrates the body the more water you drink.
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Salt itself cannot make you fat.  It has no caloric value.  Your body needs some of it for correct function.  If you eat more calories than you burn, then your body will store it as fat.  Calories are contained in sugar, starches, and dietary fat, and to some extend, protein.  Salt also plays a part in retaining water in the body, which will make you weigh more, but which does not make you "fat" because it's still water.  Water is calorie-free and cannot be converted to fat.\n\nSome dietary advice restricts salt, because too much can be problematic.  Lots of snack foods and prepared foods have lots of salt or sodium compounds, and are blamed for rising rates of hypertension.  It is possible that if you snack on potato chips you will get fat, but that is due not to the salt content, but because of the fat content in potato chips.
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Salt only holds water. The volume of the other stuff contribute as well.  If you eat a ton of frys or eat only 1 ice cream, the frys will add more weight than the 1 ice cream.
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If u drink lots of water u will be less likely to snack.