The sensation of thirst can be quenched within minutes of drinking water, despite a 20-30 minute delay for water absorption and osmosensor normalization.

“if you're thirsty and you drink a glass of water it can take on the order of sort of 20 to 30 minutes for the water to be absorbed absorbed into your blood for the blood to be rehydrated and then for these Osmos sensors that Bank Anderson discovered in your brain to be uh uh to be sort of sense that and return to normal activity but of course if you had the experience of drinking a glass of water you know that you can quench your thirst within minutes right and so how does that work within seconds even”