<prompt> Why is sugar added to ORS?Enhance acceptabilityEnhance salt absorptionEnhance shelf lifeEnhance taste  <response>: Ans. B Enhance salt absorptionRef: Ganong 25th ed. P 478In diarrhoea only salt is lost but sugar is added as it helps to absorb salt and sugar by process of symport. The transporter in the gut is SGLT-1. 