Why does food taste sour?

As we all know, there are many taste buds on our tongue. These taste buds are key to our ability to appreciate the deliciousness of food. However, if there is a problem with our taste buds, or if there is a problem with our body, it will easily affect the functioning of the taste buds. Many people have encountered such a situation: food tastes sour. In fact, it’s not a problem with the food, but a problem with our taste buds. So, why does food taste sour?

Medically speaking, many diseases in the body are accompanied by many characteristics when they occur, but some are very obvious and easy to detect, while others are not so obvious and require the help of instruments to be discovered. The most common example is gastrointestinal disease. Generally speaking, gastrointestinal disease will manifest itself through our diet. For example, some people feel sour in their mouths when they eat, even though they clearly did not eat anything sour. At this time, you may have gastrointestinal problems. Next, let’s talk about what causes sour taste in the mouth.

1First of all, the sour feeling in the mouth may be caused by stomach cold. A cold stomach, especially when we eat too cold food, will cause our body to secrete more saliva, which will convert the starch in our mouth into acidic substances faster, causing us to feel sour in our mouth when we eat.

2 Secondly, it is also possible that the sour mouth is caused by excessive stomach acid. Excessive stomach acid is usually caused by indigestion. At this time, we need to eat more coarse grains and take some health care products that promote digestion, which can solve the problem of excessive stomach acid.

3. If our diet is very healthy but the problems mentioned above still occur, we should consider whether there is a disease in our oral cavity. Common problems such as oral hygiene may cause a sour taste in the mouth when eating, which requires us to take oral cleaning seriously and on time.

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Of course, if the sour taste in your mouth is very serious and lasts for a long time, you still need to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. Do not take medicine indiscriminately on your own, which will delay the best treatment time for the disease.