# What does my body do with extra salt?

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**Created:** [March 29, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-body-do-with-extra-salt/398004 "2007-03-29T17:32:50Z")\
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If I take in to many calories, they get stored as fat and burned as energy.  
If I drink to much water, I have to pee.

What does my body do with excess salt, when I eat a couple of bowls of canned soup and a jumbo order of salted fries?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-body-do-with-extra-salt/398004/2 "2007-03-29T17:37:45Z")

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Short version: Your kidneys remove it from your bloodstream and send it out in your urine.

Long version: [Here.](http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/)

Lay person’s accessible version: [Here.](http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/NU/00284.html)