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Now I know why some like it ... -_-

 

Hidden message inside .. :ph34r:

 

Yahoo news: Human tongue has a sixth taste sense!

 

London, June 11 (IANS) In addition to recognising sweet, sour, salty, savory (umami), and bitter tastes, your tongue has a sixth taste sense - the "sense of carbs" - that allows you to perceive carbohydrates -- the nutrients that break down into sugar and form the main source of energy.

 

The "sense of carbs" also triggers the pleasure centre of the brain and could explain why people often find diet foods unsatisfying, a research shows.

 

"The mouth is a more capable sensory organ than we currently appreciate, able to distinguish carbohydrates from artificial sweeteners when both taste identical," said Nicholas Gant from University of Auckland in New Zealand.

 

Carbohydrates are extremely powerful stimuli that have profound and immediate effects on the brain and the systems it controls, Gant added.

 

For the study, researchers asked participants to squeeze a sensor held between their right index finger and thumb when shown a visual cue.

 

At the same time, the participants' tongues were rinsed with one of three different fluids.

 

The first two were artificially sweetened - to identical tastes - but with only one containing carbohydrate. The third, a control, was neither sweet nor carb-loaded.

 

When the carbohydrate solution was used, the researchers observed a 30 percent increase in activity for the brain areas that control movement and vision.

 

This reaction, they propose, is caused by our mouths reporting that additional energy in the form of carbohydrates is coming.

 

"This 'sixth taste sense' for carbohydrate is likely one of many additional food qualities that are detectable by receptors in the mouth," Gant was quoted as saying in media reports.

 

The study is set to appear in a forthcoming issue of the journal Appetite.

 

 

 

link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/human-tongue-sixth-taste-sense-112609350.html

 

 

 

Why need a researchers to tell us this ... [grin]

 

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i tell you

the tongue got 7th taste sense

can taste whether the mate is fertile or not

if not why so many people always do something with their tongue? [grin]

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i tell you

the tongue got 7th taste sense

can taste whether the mate is fertile or not

if not why so many people always do something with their tongue? [grin]

 

Then what kind of taste means the mate is fertile, and unfertile ?? :huh:

 

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fresh fish and stale fish taste? [dead]

 

But if wash clean clean the stale fish smell will be no more! So still not a good gauge lah..... [:/]

 

Hmm....

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i tell you

the tongue got 7th taste sense

can taste whether the mate is fertile or not

if not why so many people always do something with their tongue? [grin]

do what hah ?

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Then what kind of taste means the mate is fertile, and unfertile ?? :huh:

 

 

Taste / smell of fertiliser, aka sai smell? [sweatdrop] [sweatdrop]

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Taste / smell of fertiliser, aka sai smell? [sweatdrop] [sweatdrop]

 

Got that bad meh ? Maybe didn't wash clean clean lah..... [:/]

 

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Got that bad meh ? Maybe didn't wash clean clean lah..... [:/]

 

 

You keen to invest in new startup which provides special cleaning service?? [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

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You keen to invest in new startup which provides special cleaning service?? [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

 

Sure. What do you propose?

 

What special equipment do we need to buy in order to provide such special cleaning services leh ? [:/]:ph34r:

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Sure. What do you propose?

 

What special equipment do we need to buy in order to provide such special cleaning services leh ? [:/]:ph34r:

 

You can always invest in kind; invest your tongue!! [thumbsup]

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Now I know why some like it ... -_-

 

Hidden message inside .. :ph34r:

 

Yahoo news: Human tongue has a sixth taste sense!

 

London, June 11 (IANS) In addition to recognising sweet, sour, salty, savory (umami), and bitter tastes, your tongue has a sixth taste sense - the "sense of carbs" - that allows you to perceive carbohydrates -- the nutrients that break down into sugar and form the main source of energy.

 

The "sense of carbs" also triggers the pleasure centre of the brain and could explain why people often find diet foods unsatisfying, a research shows.

 

"The mouth is a more capable sensory organ than we currently appreciate, able to distinguish carbohydrates from artificial sweeteners when both taste identical," said Nicholas Gant from University of Auckland in New Zealand.

 

Carbohydrates are extremely powerful stimuli that have profound and immediate effects on the brain and the systems it controls, Gant added.

 

For the study, researchers asked participants to squeeze a sensor held between their right index finger and thumb when shown a visual cue.

 

At the same time, the participants' tongues were rinsed with one of three different fluids.

 

The first two were artificially sweetened - to identical tastes - but with only one containing carbohydrate. The third, a control, was neither sweet nor carb-loaded.

 

When the carbohydrate solution was used, the researchers observed a 30 percent increase in activity for the brain areas that control movement and vision.

 

This reaction, they propose, is caused by our mouths reporting that additional energy in the form of carbohydrates is coming.

 

"This 'sixth taste sense' for carbohydrate is likely one of many additional food qualities that are detectable by receptors in the mouth," Gant was quoted as saying in media reports.

 

The study is set to appear in a forthcoming issue of the journal Appetite.

 

 

 

link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/human-tongue-sixth-taste-sense-112609350.html

 

 

 

Why need a researchers to tell us this ... [grin]

 

the research was about the carbohydrate detection by our tongue .... not about "fish taste" etc ... ha ha ha .... [idea][smash]

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the research was about the carbohydrate detection by our tongue .... not about "fish taste" etc ... ha ha ha .... [idea][smash]

 

go google... got consist of carbohydrates leh [laugh]

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