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Para 1
  • coffee, broccoli, brussels sprouts, Christmas vegetables
  • genetics and taste
  • sense of taste
  • partly genetic
Para 2
  • lemons, sprouts
  • supertasters
  • 25% of the UK population
  • 2X taste buds
  • supertasters = more taste buds
  • sensitive
Para 3
  • thermal tasters
  • temperature
  • ice cube = salty or sour
  • hot = sweet
  • thermal tasters
  • temperature
Para 4
  • genetic variant
  • coriander, taste + smell = soapy
  • Dr. Barry Smith, philosophy
  • Centre for the Study of the Senses, director
  • University of London
  • genetic variant
  • coriander, taste + smell = soapy
  • Dr. Barry Smith
 
Para 5
  • smell and taste
  • Dr. Charles Spence, experimental psychology at Oxford University
  • neurogastronomy
  • chefs, big companies & top restaurants
  • orbitofrontal cortex
  • receptors send to forehead
  • smell
  • Dr. Charles Spence
  • neurogastronomy
  • orbitofrontal cortex
Para 6
  • Dr. Spence: colour, lighting, and ambience impact our perception of taste
  • red-coloured food = sweet
  • plate color has impact
  • playing music or sounds has impact
  • crunch of crisps has impact
  • Dr. Spence
  • color
  • lighting
  • ambience (plates)
Para 7
  • public health
  • Dr. Smith
  • problem to too much salt
  • salt molecule
  • future of food science
  • consequences for public health
  • example = reducing salt
Para 8
  • children
  • picky eaters
  • taste bitterness more than adults
  • sensitive to chemicals like supertasters
  • learn to put smell and taste together
  • children as supertasters
Para 9
  • supertaster gene
  • evolutionary past
  • dangerous foods
  • toxins
  • history of supertasters
Para 10
  • alcohol
  • coffee
  • learning to love food
  • taste preferences