everything i eat is tasting very salty, even tho there maybe no salt on it, anyone know why this may be?

Question

I am not taking any medications but i have been feeling more tired lately. When i say i can taste salt, sometimes it is really bad, as strong as sea salt.

Also i don't smoke and never have.

Answer 1

just add a little bit of sugar that should balance out the salty taste chin

Answer 2

Taste changes are rarely a sign of a serious underlying problem. However, they are annoying and can impair your enjoyment of food. A persistent salty taste in the mouth can have many possible causes, including:

Dehydration. This may be due to inadequate fluid intake or excessive fluid loss. Review your diet. Excessive intake of alcohol or caffeine can cause fluid loss, resulting in dehydration, which can make saliva saltier.

Side effect of certain medications, such as anti-thyroid medications and chemotherapy drugs.

Salivary gland diseases, such as Sjogren's syndrome or bacterial infection of the salivary glands (sialadenitis).
Post-nasal drainage, such as with a sinus infection (sinusitis) or allergies.

Rarely, a salty taste in the mouth is due to a nutritional deficiency, endocrine disorder or neurological disorder, such as epilepsy or migraine.

if a salty taste in the mouth is due to a certain medication, stopping or changing the medication may eliminate the problem. But do this only with your doctor's approval. If the cause of a salty taste is a bacterial infection, the salty taste may go away with treatment of the infection. Occasionally, taste changes resolve spontaneously.

A persistent salty taste in the mouth should be evaluated by a doctor or dentist.

Answer 3

The reason the food might be tasting salty is if you are making it, you measuring materials have salt residue left in them from the last time you cooked.

If it's from the store, you might want to check the salt content, and it is quite possible it was sitting next to something with high salt in the store.

Answer 4

Have you quit smoking lately? When people quit smoking, they say that food tastes better. Have you started eating differently? If you've been eating differently, sometimes the foods you haven't eaten in a while will taste differently than before.

Answer 5

Some medications can cause that.
Check the side effects of anything you are taking.
Check with your Doctor, a change in taste can be indicative of health problems.

Answer 6

Something wrong medically. Ask your doctor next time you get a chance.

Answer 7

Your taste buds could have some thing to do with it

Answer 8

You may be dehydrated and need to drink more water.

Answer 9

Get your doctor to check your thyroid, that was my first symptom.

Answer 10

Thats more of a health question than a cooking question, isnt it?