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> the opposite of using mouthwash, for example, which makes you want to eat nothing more

.. sorry to be stupid for a second. Is this due to the taste? Or is there a known side effect of some types of mouthwash that inhibit hunger?

I've never noticed anything, hence the question. I'd eat right after with no issue basically, but i don't because it's bad for your teeth to my understanding.

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I don't know if it happens to everyone, or if it is just suggestion from normally being done before bed, etc, but the "post mouthwash mouth" makes me not want to eat again, maybe just because I'd have to brush/wash again.

Or it could be that it "cleans" the palate so you're not "tasting" any sugars/food anymore so you go out of "it is eat time" mode.

I am the opposite. For some reason, I want to eat immediately after using mouthwash, but maybe that is because I always want what I cannot have.

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