Anecdote of 3: I agree, I gave up soda for a couple months and my sense of sweet changed massively. Years drinking soda like water, dipping bread in coke, and s

Anecdote of 3: I agree, I gave up soda for a couple months and my sense of sweet changed massively. Years drinking soda like water, dipping bread in coke, and supersizing at McD's, all gone because now soda simply tastes much too sweet. Seems like there's some sort of sensory dulling involved.