Why do bananas and winter dates taste strange together?

The specific reason is still inconclusive. Now there is a speculation that bananas are rich in magnesium ions, and the taste of magnesium ions in the mouth still exists after eating bananas. After eating the refreshing winter jujube, the fishy smell of magnesium ions is highlighted. And everyone's eating experience is different. ?

Practice has proved that whether you eat bananas first and then winter dates, eat winter dates first and then bananas, or eat winter dates and bananas together, there will be fishy smell and strange smell, but the severity of fishy smell is different. In terms of severity, eating winter dates first and then bananas is the lightest, and eating winter dates and bananas together is similar to eating bananas first and then eating winter dates. ?

Although the taste of bananas and winter dates is indescribable, fortunately, this taste will not last long, usually it will slowly disperse in ten minutes. If you want to get rid of the smell faster, you can choose to use some mouthwash or drink plenty of water to get rid of the residual taste in your mouth or rinse it off.

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Eating bananas and winter dates at the same time, why do some people feel fishy and some people don't feel much? In this regard, a biology teacher in a university speculated that it may be related to the different content of salivary amylase in everyone's mouth.

It is known that salivary amylase is an enzyme that acts on α- 1 4- glucan such as soluble starch, amylose and glycogen, and hydrolyzes α- 1 4- glycosidic bond. A study of Monell Center 20 10 in the United States shows that salivary amylase will be produced when different subjects eat foods with different starch contents.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-online bananas with dates, can you drink them in one gulp? Reporter's experiment: Different people feel different.