Children’s preferences for sweeter and saltier tastes are linked to each other
Scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center have found that children who most prefer high levels of sweet tastes also most prefer high levels of salt taste and that, in general, children prefer sweeter and saltier tastes than do adults. These preferences relate not only to food intake but also to measures of growth and can have important implications for efforts to change children’s diets.
March 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: change-children, children-prefer, food-intake, from-the-monell, monell, nutrition / diet, on call diets, prefer-high, saltier-tastes, senses, senses-center, sweet-tastes
‘Tingling’ Asian spice could help with chronic pain
A tasty new study analyzing the effects of Szechuan pepper, a commonly used spice in Asian cooking, uncovers the intricate dynamic between the senses of taste and touch, and researchers say their findings could lead to a better understanding of what causes tingling sensations for patients with chronic pain…
September 15, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: analyzing-the-effects, commonly-used, effects, intricate, on call diets, oncalldiets, pain / anesthetics, senses, szechuan, tasty-new, the-effects
