Ability to smell ‘asparagus pee’ driven by genetic variations
Researchers have identified genetic variations in people who are unable to smell the pungent aroma present in urine after consuming asparagus.
December 27, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: genetic-variations, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, pungent, pungent-aroma, smell-the-pungent
Black Pepper’s Secrets As A Fat Fighter Revealed
A new study provides a long-sought explanation for the beneficial fat-fighting effects of black pepper. The research, published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, pinpoints piperine – the pungent-tasting substance that gives black pepper its characteristic taste, concluding that piperine also can block the formation of new fat cells…
May 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agricultural, beneficial-fat-fighting, block-the-formation, chemistry, diet, gives-black, new-fat, new-study, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, pungent, the-pungent-tasting
