It will come as no surprise that, on a whole, we’re eating too much sugar. Now, scientists have found that when our sweet tooth is sated, that craving is dialed down and in its place comes a sudden ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Richard Mattes, a distinguished professor of nutrition science at Purdue University, will headline the next Science on Tap with a talk that challenges views on taste sensations.

The interplay between fatty acids, taste sensitivity and metabolic disorders has emerged as a focal point of contemporary research. Dietary fats not only supply essential energy and nutrients, but ...

The study, led by Bristol’s Nutrition and Behaviour Group, wanted to test the common but largely untested assumptions that food energy density (calories per gram), level of processing, and ...

Semaglutide improved taste sensitivity, changed gene expression in the tongue that's responsible for taste perception, and changed the brain's response to sweet tastes, according to research presented ...

“You don’t know what you’re missing till it’s gone” is a truism that certainly applies to taste. It took a pandemic for taste to get attention. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

A recent Nutrients journal study explores the association between polymorphisms in the bitter taste receptor genes, alcohol consumption, and body fat percentage. Study: The Influence of Taste Genes on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with obesity reported greater perception of sweet tastes after taking semaglutide for 16 weeks. Response ...

Coinciding with the 2025 Philadelphia-based conference, Monell - the first independent nonprofit dedicated to smell and taste research - hosts academic, industry partners for visits, collaborations ...

Why are gourmets seemingly able to detect subtle nuances in taste that others miss? Researchers at Tohoku University have uncovered part of the answer by demonstrating that taste sensitivity can be ...