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Q: Bitter taste in mouth after sweets
asked by: DoctorQuestion on April 2nd, 2007
Why does my mouth taste bitter after eating products with sugar?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on April 20th, 2007
Diabetes Answer A2572
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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