How people taste sweeteners is managed by multiple genes
Genetics may play a role in how people’s taste receptors send signals, leading to a wide spectrum of taste preferences, according to Penn State food scientists. These varied, genetically influenced responses may mean that food and drink companies will need a range of artificial sweeteners to accommodate different consumer tastes…
August 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: artificial-sweeteners, different-consumer, genetically-influenced, how-people, influenced-responses, may-mean, neurology / neuroscience, nutrition, send-signals, state, taste-preferences, taste-receptors, wide-spectrum
Taste preference changes in different life stages of rats
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, found that aging elicits changes in taste preferences and that such changes appear to be independent of taste nerve activity…
August 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging-elicits, all-aspects, annual-meeting, drinking-behavior, ingestive-behavior, oncalldiets, seniors / aging, society, ssib, taste-nerve, taste-preferences, the-foremost
Salt, Sugar And Fat Preferred By Preschool Kids
A child’s taste preferences begin at home and most often involve salt, sugar and fat. And, researchers say, young kids learn quickly what brands deliver the goods…
January 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: begin-at-home, deliver-the-goods, goods, involve-salt, most-often, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, taste-preferences, young-kids
