Try Drinking Pickle Juice to Aid a Sore Throat

The advice comes from an infectious disease specialist, who says it works due to the high salt content.

The next time you’ve got a sore throat, try reaching for a nice tall glass of pickle juice. The advice comes from an infectious disease specialist, who says it works due to the high salt content. Pickle juice is up to 5% salt. Your body is only 0.4% salt. So, any liquid with a higher concentration than that tends to draw water out of your tissue and reduce inflammation. It happens with sugar too, which is why tea and honey can also help. If your throat is killing you, drinking a little pickle juice should alleviate some of that pain, but just temporarily. It might only give you 10 to 15 minutes of relief.