i checked the ingredients, it was maltodextrin. they even put it on the "salt and pepper" flavour, that's how i know it's what set my teeth into pain mode for a week. the citric acid probably tore through all the tartar that was shielding my nerves also, which wouldn't have helped, but that stuff doesn't rebuild fast.

the fact maltodextrin does it is very interesting. MSG, ok, understandable, it's a signaling chemical in the nervous system already, triggers activity, in the brain, glutamate excess is the cause of epilepsy, so pain from MSG, yes, i do get that at times. but maltodextrin was something else. it wasn't a direct effect, as far as i can tell, but rather indirect, causing bacteria to poison the nerves, or otherwise damage them in the same sort of way as a burn takes a week to fully stop hurting.

the milk leaves a biofilm coating on my teeth, the casein hardens up and is relatively impervious without strong acid or alkali so normal mouth conditions it stays shielded.

i've got way too much shit on to risk letting my teeth go spastic again. i need the money so i can get a dentist to yank my wisdom teeth, all of them pls, and let my whole mouth straighten up, but that's gonna be a painful process and definitely not one i can even start doing before i have a lot of spare cash.

so i'm grateful that milk provides a general all round solution but it's just a real pain in the arse to have to hunt the whole milk. the moment i have a couple hundred euros ahead of my expenses i'm just gonna order a whole pallet of the damn things. well, 90L, that's roughly a month supply and the stuff expires quite a bit longer than that. 6 months i see... so probably that means the stock i buy at the shop already sat 4 months waiting to be sold.

if i were to get it in bulk, i could order 3 months supply direct from the factory and never have this problem of scarcity or having to walk 10km round trip to get some. not that the exercise isn't good for me, but i really haven't taken a rest more than a few days from doing a 10-20km walk for over 2 months now. madeira standard 20km is like 100km on flat land.