Genetic variation in taste and its influence on food selection.

Abstract excerpt

Abstract Taste perception plays a key role in determining individual food preferences and dietary habits. Individual differences in bitter, sweet, umami, sour, or salty taste perception may influence dietary habits, affecting nutritional status and nutrition-related chronic disease risk. In addition to these traditional taste modalities there is growing evidence that "fat taste" may represent a sixth modality....

Topics

• Food Preferences
• Genetic Variation
• Humans
• Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
• Taste
• Taste Buds
• Taste Perception