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Avoid Very Hot Foods or Beverages That Burn the Tongue

Do not ingest foods or beverages that are too hot, because burning the tongue damages taste receptors and can reduce taste for about a week.

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If you've ever eaten something that's too hot, not spicy hot, but too hot, you burn your tongue, you burn receptors. It takes about a week to recover those receptors.

huberman · How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You · Jun 21, 2021 · 1:18:29 · open ↗
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