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Ever tried to eat something delicious and tasty, sweet in taste, after brushing your teeth? It tastes pretty disgusting, but why we are not able to taste after brushing? Does it suppresses our tasting?
Let's know,
The taste buds on your tongue are covered in proteins which act as receptors for the particles of food. When these receptors come in contact with drink and food, they send a message to your brain which evokes the one of the five taste sensations.
While brushing, the toothpaste releases a foaming agent called Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS). This SLS interferes with the proteins that line the membranes of taste cells in the mouth.
This impairs the ability of tongue to taste sweet flavours, replacing them with an unpleasant, bitter sensation.
The SLS also destroys the phospholipids, which suppresses bitterness. This allows the bitter taste to takeover, resulting in that horrible and disgusting flavour which you experiences after brushing. But this is not permanent, it lasts only for sometime.
That's why you cannot taste the flavours, if you drink or eat anything after brushing your teeth.
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