Why do salty snacks make people eat as much as they crave?

If you want to know why you can eat a whole bunch of snack bags and other salty snacks, read this article.

Have you ever sipped a whole bag of popcorn or some salty snack that didn't stop and only realized when it was gone? If the answer is yes, then do you wonder why salty foods are so addictive?

Snacks, especially savory dishes, can be "consumed" very quickly.

Recently, scientists have found the answer of the mystery lies in the salty taste of the snack . In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), the research team showed that besides the flavor of junk food, the amount of salt in it made we store more water and somehow make us more hungry, increase our appetite .

According to MDC Insights, this conclusion was made by a group of researchers from many countries observing 'astronauts' on flights to Mars emulated by computers.

The cross-country study revolves around a unique problem in the diet of parachute operators: salt.

Two groups of volunteers participated in the study, each consisting of 10 healthy men, provided with identical diets in all aspects except salt. Those who eat more salty foods have more urine excretion, which is not too surprising for researchers.

However, what surprised them was: the idea that salty foods make people drink more water, leading to more urination - is completely wrong. Also because of this thought should be on trips to Mars, astronauts should not eat salt to reduce the amount of drinking water to a minimum. Reducing salt levels in meals is common, based on the old way of thinking about the relationship between salt and thirst. But thanks to the new study, scientists discovered that eating salt actually helped people drink less water.

The body will excrete more urine by reacting with absorbed salt in the body. Scientists used to believe that sodium atoms in salt are attached to water molecules and thus cause the body to excrete more urine, causing us to become dehydrated and lead to thirst. But, the truth is that our bodies know this, so it collects water to the kidneys. Only sodium atoms are excreted, and of course the density of salt in the urine will be higher.

Eating salty helps us to store water in the body, but it makes us more hungry.

Thus, eating salty helps astronauts store more water in the body . However, this also means making them crave more food, because when we collect water back into our bodies, we also excrete urea - which binds to the water and helps the body control water molecules. . During urea production, the body needs to consume a lot of energy, and makes us hungry. That may be the reason astronauts often feel hungry when eating salty foods. This conclusion is also given by an earlier mouse experiment.

Now, you understand the secret of junk food companies, so we can eat a few bags of snacks, right?