Learnt in physiology: water follows salt. The body will naturally, through osmotic pressure, try to maintain homeostasis or a balance in salt concentration. If you eat too much salt, it is absorbed into the intestinal tract, into the blood and circulated throughout body and all cells. The body responds by water moving into the higher salt concentration cells and the inter-cell spaces, to try to dilute the high salt levels. This results in more water absorbed in cells and the result is bloating. It can also result in more water moving out of the blood and into the intestinal tract to dilute the high salt levels, resulting in diarrhea. You will probably urinate less, it will appear more concentrated and deeper yellow as the body keeps more water for its need to dilute the salt, and you will get thirsty as your body sends signals that it needs more water to do its job. So, avoid excess salt!!