Why do some people prefer heavy flavors? What is the harm of heavy taste to the body?

Our perception of taste is mainly through the rich taste buds on the tongue, eating the food in the mouth will first be identified by the taste buds, "can you eat, what taste, delicious", after identification, will the information be transmitted to the brain, decide whether to eat it. The taste sensation felt by the tongue (including sweet, salty, fresh, bitter, and sour) can help the body identify and obtain food, absorb the nutrients that the body needs, and also help us eliminate those toxic and harmful substances. 　　In addition to the tongue, taste buds that feel taste are distributed in the soft palate and pharynx, and they regularly renew themselves, and every 10 days to 2 weeks, taste bud cells will replace a batch of "in-service cells". After receiving chemicals from food, taste receptor cells convert the chemical signals felt by the cells into an electrical signal that communicates information between cells. These electrical signals are transmitted to brain areas, and then we have feelings such as sweet and sour.

But eating heavy foods for a long time can dull the taste buds. The main reason is that heavy food will stimulate taste receptor cells, reduce their sensitivity to chemical molecules, and create the illusion that taste cells need heavy taste diet to stimulate taste sensation. The concentration of hydrogen ions in sour foods is high, and after entering the mouth, hydrogen ions will attach to the surface of the tongue, reducing the pH value on the surface of the tongue, and the ion channels on the surface of taste receptor cells sensitive to pH will open; Salty foods mainly affect taste receptors through the rich sodium chloride. The sodium ions in sodium chloride can open ion channels on the surface of taste receptor cells; Sweet, spicy, bitter, and umami all have their own molecules that trigger the corresponding taste receptor cells, and then through complex signal transmission, open ion channels, and trigger our taste feelings. However, heavy foods will stimulate taste bud cells, reduce their sensitivity to corresponding taste ions, and over time, the taste will become heavier. It is precisely because of this that each production of taste sensation requires the corresponding chemical molecules in food to open the ion channels on the surface of taste cells, so the saying of "opening taste buds" is produced.

Can heavy taste cause taste failure?

Eating too much heavy food will not lead to taste failure. As long as you stick to a light diet for a period of time, if there is no lesion of other organs, the sense of taste can gradually return to normal. 　　Taste cells will be updated every once in a while, as long as you adhere to a light diet for a period of time, reduce the stimulation of taste receptor cells, taste sensitivity can slowly recover, just start a light diet, definitely no taste in the mouth, always want to try "new stimulation". However, as long as you stick to a healthy and light diet, your sense of taste will return to normal, and you can slowly feel that light food will also have a delicious taste. If after a period of time, the taste sensitivity cannot be restored, you need to go to the hospital.

What are the harms of eating heavy food for a long time?

After eating heavy food for a long time, the mouth is refreshed, but the body is protesting everywhere. 　　High oil and high salt food, the harm to the body is particularly serious, although salt and oil are essential elements of the human body, salt plays a very key role in the deliciousness of food, but eat excessive oil and salt, will produce counteraction, eat more oil, easy to consume too many saturated fatty acids, not only high calories cause obesity, but also increase blood cholesterol, increase the probability of blood vessel blockage, induce "three highs". High-salt foods can also hurt the stomach, irritate the gastric mucosa, and cause gastric ulcers and gastritis; Increase the metabolic burden of liver and kidney, if excessive sodium ions cannot be metabolized and excreted, they will accumulate in the liver and kidneys, causing liver and kidney diseases; Moreover, long-term high-salt food can also damage the human brain, accelerate the deterioration of people's cognitive ability, and cause a series of chain reactions such as memory loss.

A moderate amount of spicy taste can increase appetite, but eating too much chili pepper can easily backfire. After spicy food enters the stomach, it will stimulate the gastric mucosa and ulcer surface, so that the blood vessels of the stomach wall will expand, and then produce symptoms of stomach pain and gastric bleeding. People with bad stomach will have diarrhea the next day after eating spicy pot, which is caused by weak stomach and too much stimulation of chili peppers.

Eat a little sweet, the brain will secrete a pleasant dopamine, but eating too much sugar will increase the risk of obesity, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Studies have shown that if the daily intake of sugar calories exceeds 150 calories, the risk of diabetes is 1.1% higher, and sugar will also interfere with the normal secretion of insulin and cholesterol, which will cause diabetes, fatty liver and other diseases. Consuming too much sugar can also accelerate skin aging. 

The harm of sweets to the human body In short, heavy food will not only stimulate taste receptors, but also endanger our health when eaten for a long time.

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