In addition, they need to absorb salt.

This is why animals have circulatory systems - otherwise, our cells would absorb water and salt until they swelled.

They are salted until they can no longer absorb anymore salt.

The imprints take hold on the rind of the cheese in about a day and the wheel is then put into a brine bath to absorb salt for 20-25 days.

When a person has Crohn's disease or Crohn's colitis, they have lesions on the tissues of the intestine; this makes it hard for the intestine to absorb water and salt.

Because of an inherited abnormality in people with cystic fibrosis, the cells that line the air tubes in the lungs absorb too much salt and water.

Triamterene is a potassium-sparing diuretic that also prevents your body from absorbing too much salt and keeps your potassium levels from getting too low.

Hydrochlorothiazide is a thiazide diuretic (water pill) that helps prevent your body from absorbing too much salt, which can cause fluid retention.

She also advises that soup absorbs salt as it sits, so seasoning should be adjusted at serving time.

Bumetanide is a loop diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt, allowing the salt to instead be passed in your urine.