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Why does sugar cause thick saliva?
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Hypertonic: Like the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down. Lyric from the Sound of Music. Sugar draws water to it. It thickens and becomes less granular. Hence hypertonic. Mucous contains water therefore it thickens when it encounters sugar.
Answered 10/20/2017
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