: Why is it that it takes few seconds for our body to decide that it’s had enough water not to be thirsty, but several minutes to recognize that no more food is needed cuz it’s not hungry?
In: Biology
Hunger pains come from stomach acid being released in expectation of food, whereas thirst comes from our brain, from the hypothalamus. The brain is quicker to notice quenched thirst than the stomach is to fill up.
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