A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful ...

Gina Mullin always kept chocolate in her desk drawer for an afternoon pick-me-up, but a few years ago, in between rounds of chemotherapy, the Hershey's kisses stopped tasting quite right. "I couldn't ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Taste sensation, particularly taste for salty and sour, is reduced among women with polycystic ovary syndrome ...

There’s Ozempic finger, Ozempic breasts, Ozempic face, Ozempic butt … and now, Ozempic tongue? Semaglutide — a popular weekly injection used for diabetes and weight loss — changes the taste ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered the basic science of how sweet taste perception is fine-tuned in response to different diets. While it has long been known that food can taste ...

Umami peptides are short chains of amino acids that contribute to the characteristic savoury taste through specific interactions with taste receptors. These peptides are derived from various food ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the sweet taste and need 40% more sucrose in a solution for them to detect the taste of sugar, a new study found ...

As anyone suffering through a head cold knows, food tastes wrong when the nose is clogged, an experience that leads many to conclude that the sense of taste operates normally only when the olfactory ...

Summertime is often filled with outdoor parties and food trucks, meaning you're spending more time standing up and eating. But if you want to actually enjoy your meal, researchers say you're better ...