Health
Can you taste carbohydrates? Beware, they may end up on your waist
Turns out some people can detect carbohydrates as a particular taste. Now it seems this ability may be linked to larger waist sizes.
Nov 20, 2017
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Health
Spicy substance from pepper gets into breast milk after eating
In part of a recent human study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), it was found that after breastfeeding women ate a curry dish containing pepper, piperine—an alkaloid responsible for the pungency of pepper—was ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Health
Over consumption of sugary drinks dulls taste buds
(Medical Xpress) -- A study into taste preference suggests children who are thirsty should be encouraged to drink water.
Jun 9, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How loss of smell and taste could be symptoms of COVID-19
A new study gives weight to emerging evidence that a loss of smell and taste is a common symptom of COVID-19—according to University of East Anglia (UEA) smell expert Prof Carl Philpott.
Apr 1, 2020
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Health
Organic food label imparts 'health halo,' study finds
Don't judge food by its organic label because "organic" doesn't necessarily mean good it's for you. Yet a new study by Jenny Wan-Chen Lee, a graduate student in Cornell's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, ...
Apr 27, 2011
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Genetics
Bitter taste perception is not just about flavors, geneticists show
Long the bane of picky eaters everywhere, broccoli's taste is not just a matter of having a cultured palate; some people can easily taste a bitter compound in the vegetable that others have difficulty detecting. Now a team ...
Dec 6, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why do my dogs smell like orange slices? The latest research on how COVID messes with smell
Loss of smell and taste was a distinguishing feature of early COVID-19.
Apr 25, 2022
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Neuroscience
Stress hormone receptors localized in sweet taste cells
According to new research from the Monell Center, receptors for stress-activated hormones have been localized in oral taste cells responsible for detection of sweet, umami, and bitter. The findings suggest that these hormones, ...
Jun 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mosquitoes' taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito.
Oct 12, 2020
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Medical research
Addicted to chili? Here's how it might help us regain our sense of taste after COVID
The news of a hot chili sauce shortages earlier this year—due to high temperatures and drought in agricultural regions—prompted warnings to stock up on supplies or forego adding this flavor to your food. But what prompts ...
Dec 23, 2022
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