Have you ever experienced eating your delicious mouth-watering dinner, but eventually getting an awful aftertaste after you've finished your meal? You are not alone.
Sometimes the food we ate gives off a good aftertaste. But there are times certain ingredients with a strong smell and flavor could leave an aftertaste that could make you don't want to eat your favorite food again, as written in the article entitled People Vs. Food: Which Has The More Interesting Aftertaste? posted in The Odyssey Online.
Some of the ingredients in your favorite delicacy that could leave a bad aftertaste are garlic and onions. Though it is naturally good for the body as it can lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and help heal the body, still has sulfur-containing chemicals that could eventually cause bad breath even for hours.
But why do aftertastes sometimes stay for so long? Experts from the Forever State College explains that though it is obvious that most of the molecules from the food you've eaten is left inside of your mouth, some of it gets into the bloodstream and travels in every inch of your body. Given this, the aftertaste becomes stronger and would last longer.
Though it is difficult to remove that annoying odor and taste in your mouth after eating these kinds of foods, experts say not to worry since there is still a way to get rid of it. Cordelia Running, one of Purdue University's expert, explains aftertastes are just "little bits of actual flavor stimuli that might hang around [the mouth]," so basically we can still do something to end it.
There are several things you can do to remove the aftertastes from the food you ate. You may want to start by flossing and brushing your teeth to remove the tiny bits of food stock in the insides of your mouth.
But if the molecules that caused the aftertaste have already reached your bloodstream, then doing so couldn't help a lot. So instead, you may want to follow the tip, which was based on a study conducted in 2016. The study shows how eating some food can remove your foods' aftertastes.
According to the study, to remove your aftertastes, you may want to eat foods such as lettuce, mint leaves, and apples. The enzymes and chemicals in such foods can help counteract the molecules, which causes the stinky smell in your mouth, body, and blood.
