News tagged with bitter
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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Bitter sensitive children eat more vegetables with help of dip
There's an existential crisis that often happens at dinner tables across the country: why won't kids eat their vegetables? Research has found that one reason could be a sensitivity to bitterness, fairly common among children ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Topsy-turvy wine weather makes grape sorters shine
A topsy-turvy growing season, which zigzagged from drought to hail to heat wave, produced a distressingly mixed crop in Bordeaux this year -- but gave optical grape sorters a chance to shine.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Researchers uncover secrets of 'miracle fruit'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though not very well known in the United States, at least until the past few years, the miracle fruit is a cranberry like fruit that has the unique property of being able to make acidic or ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Can blaming others make people sick?
Constant bitterness can make a person ill, according to Concordia University researchers who have examined the relationship between failure, bitterness and quality of life.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 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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The traditional remedy bitter cumin is a great source antioxidant plant phenols
Bitter cumin is used extensively in traditional medicine to treat a range of diseases from vitiligo to hyperglycemia. It is considered to be antiparasitic and antimicrobial and science has backed up claims of its use to reduce ...
May 20, 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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Keeping beer fresh longer
Researchers are reporting discovery of a scientific basis for extending the shelf life of beer so that it stays fresh and tastes good longer. For the first time, they identified the main substances that cause the bitter, ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Bitterness induces nausea, swallowing not required
The mere taste of something extremely bitter—even if you don't swallow it at all—is enough to cause that dreaded feeling of nausea and to set your stomach churning, according to a new study reported in the April ...
Apr 11, 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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Study: Ginseng just got better -- not as bitter
University of Illinois scientists have learned to mask the bitterness of ginseng, a common ingredient of energy drinks.
Dec 06, 2010 |
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The taste of quinine: It's in your bitter genes
Some people find quinine to be bitter while others can drink it like water. Now, scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators report that individual differences in how people experience quinine's bitterness are related ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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