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Candy Makes Me Feel Like Mountain Dew Makes You Feel

Candy makes me feel like mountain dew makes you feel. I haven't been to the dentist's in three years, so that might be part of why it makes my teeth hurt. Your metabolism changes as you grow up, and you break down food more slowly because you need less energy to keep your body going. Children may be less sensitive to certain tastes than adults, so, like, need more sugar to get a level of sweetness. Some flavors taste stronger to you as adults, are more pungent as adults than when they're children. And some vice versa, that are morepungent to you as children and than as an adult.

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