Why do burps leave an aftertaste similar to what we had just eaten an hour or so prior?
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Because one hour is not sufficient for what you’ve eaten to be processed by your stomach, so it’s still there. And tongue and nose have the same-ish receptors to (organic) chemicals (that’s why smelling something gives you an idea of what it will taste like), so basically the burp contains the “aromas” of the foods eaten, and you re-smell and re-taste it.
Because burps don’t come from your lungs, they come from your stomach, It is the gas that is produced by the food you have consumed. So, if you have consumed a Hot Dog it is essentially the gas of the Hot Dog and your stomach acid breaking it down.
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