#and uh... i'm not gonna like. i had a super fucked up cavity for like 5 years and there were periods where ANYTHING sweet hurt to eat

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i got kind of curious about why i never really got the 'sugar is too sweet now' thing (i know like. other people aren't faking it, because that would be. unhinged. but i do think it must be easier to talk about hating overly-sweet things in fucked up diet culture world than it is to be like 'yes i'm almost 35 and i can eat a few handfuls of sour punch straws or have a cupcake with 2 inches of frosting and thoroughly enjoy the experience and feel no particular unpleasant sensations at any point from mouthfeel all through digestion' to other adults, especially when, like me, you are what's known as a fatty fatty boom boom), but i don't understand scientific papers enough to figure out out. maybe it's genetic/hormonal variance? more anecdotally, maybe it's because i don't 'reset' my tolerance by cutting out sweets as a big lifestyle change?

#i've said that i have high sweet tolerance on here before and someone was like 'oh i lost it when sweets literally hurt my teeth' #and uh... i'm not gonna like. i had a super fucked up cavity for like 5 years and there were periods where ANYTHING sweet hurt to eat #and that did not... stop me. but i also was fighting very hard against persistent infections bc of said tooth and working a hard job #so i needed like. the quickest energy pickups possible without giving myself caffeine heart palpitations #also not that it's any of your business but i don't have any insulin problems per my last round of bloodwork #i have like two flagged but not yet at the level of treatment things to keep an eye on but i'm actually like. mostly fine.