News tagged with bitter taste
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 06, 2011 |
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For stressed bees, the glass is half empty
When people are depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty than half full. In tough times, evidence of that same pessimistic outlook can be seen in dogs, rats, and birds. Now, researchers ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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New bitter blocker discovered
Although bitterness can sometimes be desirable – such as in the taste of coffee or chocolate – more often bitter taste causes rejection that can interfere with food selection, nutrition and therapeutic compliance. ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Researchers move closer to identifying new class of asthma, COPD drugs
Researchers in Baltimore have identified new compounds whichrelax airway muscles and may provide relief from shortness of breath for patients with COPD and asthma. The bitter-tasting compounds are at least as, if not more, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 15, 2011 |
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Taste perception of bitter foods depends on genetics
(PhysOrg.com) -- How we perceive the taste of bitter foods -- and whether we like or dislike them, at least initially -- depends on which versions of taste-receptor genes a person has, according to a researcher ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Updating the Mary Poppins solution with a better bitter blocker
With millions of adults and children avoiding nutritious foods because of the bitter taste, and gagging or vomiting when forced to take bitter liquid medicines, scientists today reported an advance toward a high-tech version ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Artificial sweeteners, without the aftertaste: Scientists find bitter-blocking ingredient
Researchers have discovered a chemical that specifically blocks people's ability to detect the bitter aftertaste that comes with artificial sweeteners such as saccharin. The key is a molecule known only as GIV3727 that specifically ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Inability to Taste a Bitter Compound Linked to Obesity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether or not you can taste a bitter compound called 6-n-propylthiouracil (or PROP) may help Professor Beverly Tepper identify your risk for becoming obese and/or developing cardiovascular ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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