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Brain tricks to make food taste sweeter: How to transform taste perception and why it matters
by Jessleen K. Kanwal figures by Brad Wierbowski Imagine for a moment that you are unable to taste or smell anything. For many patients undergoing chemotherapy, this is an everyday reality of their daily fight against cancer. Chemotherapy kills fast-growing cells in the body in an effort to eradicate tumors. Taste receptor cells located on our tongue are also fast-growing, regenerating every 2 weeks. Thus, … Continue reading Brain tricks to make food taste sweeter: How to transform taste perception and why it matters