# After a little bit of activity a sip of water provides immediate relief. Why?

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**Created:** [March 16, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-a-little-bit-of-activity-a-sip-of-water-provides-immediate-relief-why/749155 "2016-03-16T13:02:52Z")\
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After a bit of running etc a quick sip gives immediate relief. Everyone does it from sports people to ordinary folk.

Apart from lubricating a dry throat what other biochemical interactions take place that contributes to the immediate relef that is experienced.

Could anything else also provide this.

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Probably because the body becomes mildly dehydrated from sweating during exercise and a sip of water brings some relief from that. That doesn’t mean that the one taking the sip might not also want to slug down the whole bottle.