From Sweet To Salty – Evidence Of Unique Taste Maps In The Brain

New research on mice suggests the mammalian brain has a “gustotopic map” comprising a unique group of neurons that code tastes from sweet to salty. The findings show that this group of neurons responds differently and discretely as the tongue encounters specific tastes…

Potatoes Can Reduce Blood Pressure

Just a couple of servings of potato a day can reduce blood pressure in obese or overweight people with high blood pressure, calling into question the lowly spud’s current reputation as a fattening, unhealthy food, according to new research presented at a conference in Denver, Colorado, USA, on Wednesday…

Reporting On The Role Of Soy In Menopausal Health

Discussion of a scientific review of soy protein, soy isoflavones and soy metabolites for peri- and postmenopausal women at North American Menopause Society (NAMS)/Wulf H…

Craving For Sugar And Drugs Increased By Faulty Signaling In Brain

“Our data indicate that the brain becomes hypersensitive to rewards when this co-signaling of glutamate and dopamine does not function. Lower doses than normal are enough to increase the propensity to ingest the substance, and this is true of both sugar and cocaine,” says Asa Mackenzie, associate professor of neuroscience at Uppsala University and the researcher who led the study…

Potatoes reduce blood pressure in people with obesity and high blood pressure

The potato’s stereotype as a fattening food for health-conscious folks to avoid is getting another revision as scientists report that just a couple servings of spuds a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain. The research was done on a group of overweight people with high blood pressure.