If You Chew a Salted Cracker Long Enough,it Begins to Taste

question 40

Multiple Choice

If you chew a salted cracker long enough,it begins to taste sweet.Why?

• A)The taste buds for "salty" become fatigued and cease to fire.
• B)Salivary amylase degrades the starch from the cracker into glucose.
• C)The contents of the cracker become soluble in saliva.
• D)Sugar that remained in the mouth from previous meals becomes soluble in saliva.

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