Unusual changes in how food tastes are often overlooked. A bitter aftertaste, metallic sensation, or sudden dullness in ...

The unpleasant taste that remains in your mouth for a long time can usually be attributed to the last food you ate. However, ...

Scientists are unraveling the secrets of how our mouths can taste bitterness. A new study details the structure of a key bitter taste receptor and finds evidence that cholesterol seems to play an ...

The bitter taste of certain drugs is a barrier to taking some medications as prescribed, especially for people who are particularly sensitive to bitter taste. A team found that the diabetes drug ...

Your relentless sugar cravings might have a surprisingly simple solution hiding in the produce section – bitter foods that can literally rewire your taste preferences and reduce your desire for sweets ...

We’ve been programmed to crave sweet, salty, and fatty foods since childhood. Just think about it. What tastes dominated your favorite snacks growing up? Probably not bitterness. That sharp, sometimes ...

Citrus works wonders in cutting through bitterness and adding brightness to your tea. Lemon juice introduces a refreshing ...

Ate something bitter? It can make you judgmental. Feel love all around? It can make even water taste sweeter. Not only do our emotions influence our perceptions of taste, but what we taste can change ...

We all love delicious foods, even if we know they may not be good for us. Foods high in energy — specifically sweet, salty, and fatty foods — tend to taste the best. This is likely because our ...

Every kind of animal experiences flavor in its own way. Thanks to DNA decoding technology, we know that pandas – which, at some point in the past were meat-eaters – lost the ability to taste umami, or ...

Would you eat the forbidden fungi? Scientists have uncovered a mushroom-derived compound that seems to be the most bitter substance known on Earth. Researchers in Germany made the not-so-tasty find in ...