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Taste Preferences Shape Disease Susceptibility via Heritable Nutrient Predispositions: A Behavior-Gene Coevolution Framework.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Apr 2026
Yan Xinyang, Zhang Longxiao, Shen Yi, Song Jinning, Li Jiaxi
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Dietary stereotypes driven by health anxiety weaken the assumption that higher taste preference of a food necessarily implies higher intake, potentially mismatching ancestrally imprinted nutrient-handling tendencies with modern diets. We tested whether inherited nutrient predispositions exist and mediate the associations between taste preferences and disease susceptibility. A total of 137 taste-preferences and...
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