Inherited taste perceptions may explain why some people eat too much salt
People with enhanced bitter taste perception are almost twice as likely to consume too much sodium as people with less acute tasting ability.
November 14, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: almost-twice, bitter-taste, consume-too, less-acute, much-sodium, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, sodium-as-people
Immune system protein regulates sensitivity to bitter taste
The bitter taste of illnessNew research from the Monell Center reveals that tumor necrosis factor (TNF), an immune system regulatory protein that promotes inflammation, also helps regulate…
April 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bitter-taste, diet, from-the-monell, immune-system, monell, monell-center, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, regulatory-protein, tnf, tumor-necrosis
Ginseng-Fortified Milk Developed To Improve Cognitive Function
American ginseng is reported to have neurocognitive effects, and research has shown benefits in aging, central nervous system disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. The challenges of incorporating ginseng into food are twofold: it has a bitter taste, and food processing can eliminate its healthful benefits…
July 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bitter-taste, central-nervous, eliminate-its, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, system-disorders
Discovery Of Bitter Blocker Increases Understanding Of Taste, Opening Doors To Better Nutrition And Therapeutic Compliance
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. This is especially true for children…
June 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bitter-taste, causes-rejection, coffee-or-chocolate, diet, especially-true, food-selection, more-often, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, taste, the-taste
