Q: Can you explain how taste buds work? A: Who says that there’s no accounting for good taste? Sure you can! One person’s idea of a heavenly good taste is another’s unpleasant experience. We all have ...

Supertasters have a higher concentration of taste buds, particularly the ones sensitive to bitterness. This means flavors show up with more intensity. A simple salad dressing with vinegar can feel ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some taste cells are multitaskers that can detect bitter, sweet, umami and sour stimuli, a new study finds. The research challenges conventional notions of how taste works. In the past ...

There is no exact known number of GLP-1 patients who say their say their sense of taste has changed since starting the ...