Bitter taste in mouth after sweets Posted: 04-02-07 09:58am
Why does my mouth taste bitter after
eating products with sugar?
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Diabetes Answer A2572 Posted: 04-20-07 03:04am
The mouth can taste bitter after eating
products containing sweets because as you
eat sweets, the taste receptors in the
tongue get so used to the sweet taste that
when you removing it, even foods or drinks
without taste are experienced as the
opposite taste-bitter. This is normal.
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