• Question: On average, what is the percentage of salt and water in our bodies?

    Asked by lgs11riggb to Keith on 26 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by thebloggster.
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      Keith Siew answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      Well after doing a bit of fact checking (as there are alot of different ideas out there)…

      It would appear that the average human body contains about 55-60% water (differs depending on whether you’re male of female due to body fat %)

      If by salt we’re talking about Sodium… well by % of total body mass… then between 0.15 – 0.20%

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