Why does fruit taste like shit after brushing your teeth?

Something I have always wondered but never given much thought to.  Well, as it turns out, it is because toothpaste has an ingredient in it that blocks the sweet receptors in your taste buds!  Cool, huh?

"David Cannell is the scientific spokesperson for Questacon, "It's because of a certain ingredient in toothpaste called sodium laurel sulfate. It actually blocks sweet sensors. All the other taste bud cells in your mouth are firing away nicely, but the receptors which pick up the sweet sensors are not working anymore. Not only does it block the sweet sensors, it enhances the sour and bitter, so you get this massive influx of sour and bitter taste coming through the mouth.""

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