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    Tongue tingle aftee eating sugar?

    Posts: 191 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Has anyone known of the tingling on your tongue eating sugar? What is this? Almost like my tongue is craving more sugar

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    • Posts: 3,488 Member
      I don't get that, but sometimes if feels like my back teeth are tingling when I have too much sugar--
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Hmm people telling me to stay away from artificial sweeteners as much as possible wonder if it's that
    • Posts: 14,517 Member
      Simple sugars are partially digested by your salivary glands...........not the tongue exactly. Could this be the sensation?

      Digestion. 1. Carbohydrates: principally starches, lactose, and sucrose. Starches are acted on by the enzyme ptyalin (alpha-amylase) secreted in saliva, by hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach, and by pancreatic amylase and intestinal amylase in the small intestine, which split the starches into maltose and isomaltose.

      Some kinds of artificial sweeteners can trigger migraine headaches.....but most people tolerate them just fine.
    • Posts: 1,787 Member
      Have you had your blood sugar levels tested? Any allergies to foods? If it were me, I'd report this to my doctor. Having a "craving" for food has nothing to do with a physical sensation on your tongue.
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Have been checked for blood sugar levels and was fine
    • Posts: 1 Member
      I get the tingle tongue sensations too. I did a bit of research on it and the results are confusing: it could be a food allergy; it could be related to diabetic low blood sugar; it could be hormones and menopause. My suggestion is to speak to your doctor. When I get that tingly feeling, it triggers my appetite too.
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Exactly the same for me, I tried to research too bit came up with the same results as you
    • Posts: 164 Member
      I get the same thing- it's a horrible feeling and I've had to cut out most refined sugars in my everyday life because of it.
      I also get blood sugar spikes and drops- potentially related?
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Oh yes definitely have sugar spikes and drops, perhaps it is the refined sugars I need to cut out as well
    • Posts: 1,003 Member
      One test you could do is to try regular white sugar (like C&H type brand), see how much and how quickly you develop a tingling sensation. And then do the same thing but with 100% pure, unbleached cane sugar, see if the same thing happens.

      if the same thing happens, then something about sucrose might be the issue.
      But if it only happens with the regular white sugar, you might have an issue with sulfites (it is considered among the top ten sensitivities in Canada). Most white sugar in the USA, anyway, is beet sugar that has been bleached by sulfites. When people start developing sulfite sensitivities, they can start reacting to the sugar, as a result.

      If this is the case, wine will also be a problem. so if wine isn't an issue, then this likely isn't the problem.
    • Posts: 4,647 Member
      shaumom wrote: »
      One test you could do is to try regular white sugar (like C&H type brand), see how much and how quickly you develop a tingling sensation. And then do the same thing but with 100% pure, unbleached cane sugar, see if the same thing happens.

      if the same thing happens, then something about sucrose might be the issue.
      But if it only happens with the regular white sugar, you might have an issue with sulfites (it is considered among the top ten sensitivities in Canada). Most white sugar in the USA, anyway, is beet sugar that has been bleached by sulfites. When people start developing sulfite sensitivities, they can start reacting to the sugar, as a result.

      If this is the case, wine will also be a problem. so if wine isn't an issue, then this likely isn't the problem.

      I would just start with the wine.
    • Posts: 25,902 Member
      Get checked for oral thrush.
    • Posts: 164 Member
      AngeleyesJo wrote: »
      Oh yes definitely have sugar spikes and drops, perhaps it is the refined sugars I need to cut out as well

      Definitely check it out with your doctor first though!
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      Define "sugar". Are you eating a piece of fruit and experiencing this?

      In general, the tingling is a sign of an oral allergy.
    • Posts: 191 Member
      No don't get it after eating fruit
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      AngeleyesJo wrote: »
      No don't get it after eating fruit

      What foods specifically are you getting it with

      Because sugar is generic and there is sugar in most things.
    • Posts: 191 Member
      What I did have it with badly was a protein bar
    • Posts: 109 Member
      Does the Protein bar have erythritol? Its a sugar alcohol that commonly gives a "cooling" or tingling effect.
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Ingredients in the protein bar

      Milk Protein , Milk Chocolate Coating (17%) [Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract] , Glucose Syrup , Hydrolised Collagen , Fructose Syrup , Humectant (Glycerol) , Palm Fat , Dextrose , Cocoa Crispies (2.7%) [Wheat Flour, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Cocoa Powder, Barley Malt Flour, Salt] , Creatine Monohydrate , Water , Flavourings , Calcium Phosphates , Egg Albumen Powder .
    • Posts: 1,003 Member
      edited November 2016
      PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
      I would just start with the wine.

      I know this is mostly light hearted, but I figured it's kind of important to address: wine has a LOT of sulfites. And a sulfite sensitivity can actually be deadly with enough sulfites. So if someone knows they react to wine, too, that's good to know and can help figure things out. But if you haven't had wine in while, trying wine after you may have started to react to sulfites could actually be dangerous. :-/
    • Posts: 1,003 Member
      AngeleyesJo wrote: »
      Ingredients in the protein bar

      Milk Protein , Milk Chocolate Coating (17%) [Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract] , Glucose Syrup , Hydrolised Collagen , Fructose Syrup , Humectant (Glycerol) , Palm Fat , Dextrose , Cocoa Crispies (2.7%) [Wheat Flour, Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Cocoa Powder, Barley Malt Flour, Salt] , Creatine Monohydrate , Water , Flavourings , Calcium Phosphates , Egg Albumen Powder .

      If you react to sugar proteins (there aren't many in sugar, but there are some remaining), or something you have an allergy-equivalent reaction to in the sugar - which I notice is in there - chocolate can make the reaction worse.

      It is something that triggers mild degranulation of mast cells (which are the cells that release histamine during an allergic reaction, which then causes symptoms). So if you are having an allergic reaction AND chocolate, that will tend to make things worse.
    • Posts: 14,464 Member
      I vote for allergic reaction.

      https://www.google.ca/amp/amp.livescience.com/46012-oral-allergy-syndrome-avoid-symptoms.html?client=safari

      How do you react to eating eggs?
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Eggs give me a lot of gas so I have to have them only now and again
    • Posts: 143 Member
      You can be allergic to sugar. I am allergic to cane sugar. Please check this out: http://www.livescience.com/46012-oral-allergy-syndrome-avoid-symptoms.html
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