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TAS2R38 Predisposition to Bitter Taste Associated with Differential Changes in Vegetable Intake in Response to a Community-Based Dietary Intervention.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 31 May 2018
Calancie Larissa, Keyserling Thomas C, Taillie Lindsey Smith, Robasky Kimberly, Patterson Cam, Ammerman Alice S, Schisler Jonathan C
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Although vegetable consumption associates with decreased risk for a variety of diseases, few Americans meet dietary recommendations for vegetable intake. TAS2R38 encodes a taste receptor that confers bitter taste sensing from chemicals found in some vegetables. Common polymorphisms in TAS2R38 lead to coding substitutions that alter receptor function and result in the loss of bitter taste perception. Our study...
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