Why Do Our Teeth Feel Weird After Eating Spinach? (Spinach Teeth Explained)

You ever eat spinach and suddenly your teeth feel… fuzzy? Like your mouth

just switched to “ HD texture mode”? Congrats. You’ve unlocked Spinach Teeth.

And it’s basically tiny chemistry drama on your enamel. That weird feeling isn’t your teeth

dissolving. It’s more like a temporary coating. That your tongue can’t stop noticing.

Because your tongue is a detective with a magnifying glass. Spinach contains something

called oxalic acid (or oxalates). It’s totally natural. But it has a favorite hobby:

sticking to minerals like it’s collecting souvenirs. When you chew spinach,

oxalates can meet calcium in your mouth. Together they can form calcium oxalate —