Why are you tasting it? Mr Bill

How do you know that it's salty?

I think the question here is HOW do you know urine is salty? lol

its salty because its expelled toxins you body doesnt need - i love the taste of female toxins..

Not even gonna ask.

Goes better with beer;)

Why are you tasting urine to find out that it is salty?

The kidneys measure and filter out chemicals in the blood to keep us healthy by having the right balance - example: water and sodium. Too much or too little sodium excreted by the kidneys can be sign of pathology - condition or disease. Our kidneys regulate chemicals like phosphorous, potassium and sodium - they take out what is not needed and return what is needed to the blood.

Because of all the salt that we absorb in our meals. We cannot accumulate it indefinitely. But there is so much salt in our blood than in sea water, and our urine is only slightly less salty than salt water. (there are variations, though) "we only need a small amount of salt to live. According to the Salt Institute (a non-profit association of salt producers, founded in 1914), the recommended daily dose is around 500 mg/day--around a quarter of a teaspoonful. The optimal amount of salt varies based on the person's lifestyle, genetic makeup and geographic location (basically, all factors that affect how often and how much you sweat). Most Americans consume much more than they need, around 3500 mg/day." " The government defines fresh water as having less than 1,000 ppm of dissolved salts--in other words, less than 0.1% of the weight of the water comes from dissolved salts. By contrast, human blood is around 0.9% salt, and about 0.25% of our total body weight is salt. On this scale, the ocean is classified as "highly saline" (over 1.0% dissolved salts.) In fact, seawater is around 3.5% dissolved salts by weight. That's about three times as salty as human blood. That's way more salt than we can safely metabolize. Interestingly, the proportion of minerals and salts in human tissue is very similar to the composition of seawater. The adult human body contains enough salt to fill about three salt shakers, but the salt is constantly lost through bodily functions like sweating, crying, urinating, etc. It is essential to replace this lost salt, but not to over-replace. We can't tolerate seawater consumption. Our cells can't take it and our kidneys can't take it." "Most sea-dwelling mammals produce very salty urine; their kidneys have adapted to enable them to unload excess salt in quantity. Ours haven't--our kidneys can make urine only slightly less salty than salt water. Hence, if you drink too much salt water, you need to urinate more water than you drank to get rid of the excess salt, and dehydration sets in. Drinking even a little seawater starts you down a dangerous road: The more you drink, the thirstier you get." Source and further information: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2131/what-would-happen-to-you-if-you-drank-seawater