: 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?

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: 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

Answer 1

I think I read somewhere that thirst quenching starts at the back of the throat with a temperature change. The brain gets signals that water is on the way