An individual patient is always advised to consult their own physician. The body is closely maintained biochemically at certain levels. In general, the fluid outside the cells called extra-cellular fluid has about the same saltiness as ocean water. This is why blood tastes slightly salty. Increasing the salt intake, by whatever method, increases the salt in the body.
Tastebuds have little to do with changing the thirst.
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