28
Feb
Our blogger gives her take on it.
28
Feb
Our blogger gives her take on it.
10
Oct
‘Supertasters’ may have stronger immunity than others
Data could lead to taste test that would distinguish supertasters and more-susceptible regular tasters and possible instant cures for infections.
23
Mar
About 25 percent of people have significantly more taste buds on their tongues, allowing them to savor flavors up to three times more intensely. Not surprisingly, there’s an upside and downside to this taste hypersensitivity: Super tasters have less heart disease and are thinner because they don’t usually like the taste of fatty and sugary foods, but may also be more prone to certain cancers because they tend to shun green vegetables as well (particularly bitter kinds like Brussels sprouts and cabbage).
7 superhuman senses
13
Mar
Meat-eating animals lose taste for sweets
Such animals appear to lose their ability to taste sweet flavors over time, a finding that suggests diet plays a key role in evolution.
16
Nov
Color of plate can affect how meal tastes
Don’t bother with tweaking the recipe, there’s an easier way to make food taste better. New research examines how the color of a plate affected the taste of food upon which it was served.
27
Sep
Science of ‘flavor-tripping’ fruit revealed
Miraculin makes sour foods hundreds of times sweeter than sugar.
14
Jan
Why is airline food so tasteless? Apparently, all that noise dulls your tastebuds.
