Eli5 Why does saliva taste like blood when you exhaust yourself?

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Why does your saliva start to taste like blood if you ride your bike up a hill or run fast for a while?

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This is weird. I work out all the time and yace never noticed any change to the taste of saliva. Interesting, though.

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