As a kind of therapy for the body, IV therapy can help it function properly and optimally. During the therapy, a patient hydrates their body and supplies it with the nutrients it needs and might not be getting enough of. Another possibility is that the body just isn’t absorbing nutrients efficiently enough. The purpose of IV therapy is to properly and thoroughly hydrate the body and help compensate for a nutritional deficiency. There are other methods for hydrating and nourishing the body, like oral supplementation, but IV therapy has some significant benefits over them. For example, IV therapy delivers nutrients right into a patient’s bloodstream where they get carried throughout the entire body and are absorbed very efficiently. The other big benefit of IV therapy is that it hydrates the body thoroughly and efficiently too. This is especially beneficial for a patient with chronic dehydration. There can be additional benefits of IV therapy, like less fatigue during the day, less lethargy, better sleep at night, faster jet lag recovery, and greater production of red blood cells. For athletes, there’s another possible benefit of a faster recovery time.