The absolute masochists who enjoy drinking orange juice after brushing their teeth...
The absolute masochists who enjoy drinking orange juice after brushing their teeth...
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They swear that the rest of us are the sick ones, calling the very bitter combo ‘revitalizing,’ ‘cathartic’ and ‘unlike anything you’ll find anywhere else’ Casey, a 34-year-old in northern Virginia, cherishes the few sips of orange juice he gets every month. “I’ll buy a bottle at Wegmans, and more often than not, I swear it’s gone before morning,” he says of how quickly it disappears with his wife and two sons in the house. “I don’t know if they love orange juice that much, or if they’re hiding it because they hate how I drink it.”
To say drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth gets a “bad rap” is putting it lightly. The taste combination is so universally despised that toothpaste companies have gone out of their way to explain why the two morning staples don’t mix.
It all comes down to a chemical called sodium lauryl sulfate, which “creates suds or foam while you brush and helps clean your teeth,” per Colgate’s blog. The thing is, it also suppresses the tongue’s ability to taste sweet flavors and breaks down “the fatty compounds that help reduce bitter tastes,” the post continues. “[So] when your sweetness receptors are out of commission — and there’s nothing to block your bitterness receptors — you’re going to get a mouthful of blech.” With no greater mouthful of blech than a tall glass of orange juice after you’ve just polished your pearly whites.
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