Health
How many fruits and veggies do you really need?
Many Americans still don't get enough fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods.
Aug 14, 2019
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News tagged with taste buds
Genetics
Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That's partly because your genes influence how you perceive sweetness and how much sugary food and drink you consume.
Apr 24, 2019
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Neuroscience
Your mouth helps you smell tasty foods
Why do certain foods smell good to us?
Feb 13, 2019
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Medical research
Scientists work to improve recovery of your sense of taste
When it's a significant injury, not just a hot pizza, that damages your tongue and taste buds, you appear to need a cell type best known for its inflammation-promoting skills to help restore your sense of taste.
Oct 12, 2018
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Health
Study shows cigarillo flavors enhanced by high-intensity sweeteners
In a new study, Yale researchers found that popular brands of cigarillos are flavored with high-intensity sweeteners, potentially reducing the aversive sensation of smoking and making cigarillos more palatable. The concern ...
Oct 3, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Milk protein that alleviates chemotherapy side effects could enhance patients' recovery
Patients undergoing cancer treatment confront a number of well-documented side effects.
Sep 26, 2018
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Health
Senses of taste and smell more important than we think
Research smell and taste is a relatively new field in Norway, but Postdoctoral Fellow Preet Bano Singh at the Faculty of Dentistry is breaking new ground in this area.
Jul 2, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
How obesity dulls the sense of taste
Previous studies have indicated that weight gain can reduce one's sensitivity to the taste of food, and that this effect can be reversed when the weight is lost again, but it's been unclear as to how this phenomenon arises. ...
Mar 20, 2018
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Health
Sense of taste influenced by the other four senses
An Internet controversy is raging over whether different colored gummy bears all taste the same. We assume they contain different tastes, but that might not be true. It's possible their color and scent fool our taste buds ...
Feb 9, 2018
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Health
Five ways to reduce saturated fat
(HealthDay)—Cutting down on fat is a big part of any weight-loss diet. Fat has twice the calories of protein and carbs—so ounce for ounce, you can replace fat with twice the amount of those foods for the same calories.
Dec 26, 2017
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