The real reason we drink milk after eating cookies

It’s almost cruel to offer someone a cookie without following up the gesture with a glass of milk. I mean talk about thirst overload. But where does that thirst come from?

Turns out it has nothing to do with those "Got Milk?" commercials and everything to do with science.

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When sugar gets into the cells in our body and into the bloodstream, water is pulled out of the cells and into the bloodstream to balance things out, according to Delish.

It’s the same process that happens when you eat salty food. Your body gets a message that it needs water to replace the water that left.

Milk or water will do the trick but a soda wouldn’t—all that would do is add salt to the wound – or in this case sugar.

So, have your cookies cake and ice cream. Just make sure the milk in the fridge isn’t down to the last drop