Does anyone know why after you eat a mint, or mint flavored gum, and then drink water or ice water does the water seem colder than usual??
2006-06-15 13:24:14 · 6 answers · asked by thecrazyneverends 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Methanol stimulates the "cold" thermoreceptors on your tongue, so it seems cold. When you do drink water, it spreads the methanol all around your mouth, thus stimulating more thermoreceptors and making your tongue seem even colder.
2006-06-15 15:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by R' nway 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the concentration of menthol in the mints acts as a catalyst and speeds up alcoholic fermentation in your taste buds. This causes the H+ ions in your saliva to become negatively charged, making the water seem colder.
Or it could just be the ice . . . in the ice water.
Completely made that up, but I do wonder what happens . . .
2006-06-15 13:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by manusoccer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i understand! i trust an similar way too. It feels exceptionally chilly in case you drink iced water. sometimes it feels sturdy. yet different cases it type of hurts a touch. i imagine it has to to with what the mint is made up of and the way it reacts to water.
2016-10-30 23:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b/c your mouth seems colder from the mints.
try drinking lemonade or OJ after a mint....nasty!
2006-06-15 13:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive always wondered that. hmm... maybe its because of the way the mint sucks all of your taste buds then the water loosens it out of no where...(stupid theory, i know...)
2006-06-15 13:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, if you drank methanol, you'd go blind and/or die.
I hope you just misspelled "menthol".
Interesting site though.
2006-06-22 06:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by loon_mallet_wielder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋