Discovery of 'Fat' Taste Could Hold the Key to Reducing Obesity

[The Straight Story]

Discovery of 'Fat' Taste Could Hold the Key to Reducing Obesity

ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2010) — A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, Deakin University health researchers believe.

Deakin researchers Dr Russell Keast and PhD student Jessica Stewart, working with colleagues at the University of Adelaide, CSIRO, and Massey University (New Zealand), have found that humans can detect a sixth taste -- fat. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight. The results of their research are published in the latest issue of the British Journal of Nutrition.

"Our findings build on previous research in the United States that used animal models to discover fat taste," Dr Keast said.

"We know that the human tongue can detect five tastes -- sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami (a taste for identifying protein rich foods). Through our study we can conclude that humans have a sixth taste -- fat."

The research team developed a screening procedure to test the ability of people to taste a range of fatty acids commonly found in foods.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100310164011.htm

[apples and oranges]

1. We can send a man to the moon. A cure to obesity should have been discovered

by now!

[NoNothing]

2. We could send a man to the moon in the sixties and seventies

Now, not so much.

[MadHound]

6. There has been one discovered.

Eat less, eat healthy and be more active. Unless you have some underlying medical condition such as a thyroid disorder, this cure works every time.

[apples and oranges]

8. If that method worked, we wouldn't be seeing such a huge obesity problem

[Lance_Boyle]

15. It works 100% every time when there's no underlying organic cause.

Just because it requires EFFORT does not mean it doesn't work. It means those who fail at it don't work.

[tonysam]

14. That's not true at all. Body size isn't determined by how much food one eats.

It's simply time for people to realize there is no "cure" for something that doesn't exist anyway.

"Obesity" really isn't a health problem.

[tonysam]

13. A cure for bigotry should have been discovered by now.

The notion of "obesity" being a "health" problem is hogwash. There is no evidence it is despite tons of nonsense to the contrary.

People are what they are; it's time to rid ourselves of hatred towards people who look different from ourselves.

[Love Bug]

3. That's very interesting

I've known people who will cut away every speck of fat from a piece of meat because they don't like the taste. I, however, drool at the sight of a well-browned edge of fat on a steak. Guess who has a weight problem and who doesn't?

[Hekate]

4. Mother Goose seems to have observed this with Jack Spratt and his wife

[depakid]

5. DUzy!

[jmowreader]

7. Scientific proof of something we've known all along

To most people, high-fat food tastes better than low-fat food.

[tonysam]

12. That has nothing to do with "obesity." That's a crock of shit. n/t

[ourbluenation]

9. So will they make a green salad taste like melted cheese?

[3324SS]

10. Foie Gras and Sauternes!

Fat = Flavor

Bring it on!

[tonysam]

11. Discovering a bigot gene may hold the key to curing size prejudice.

"Obesity" isn't a "disease" to be "cured" medically.

[Lance_Boyle]

16. So is the fat taste only in fat, or in sugars and other carbs, too?

'Cuz it seems to me a great deal of the obesity problem is not excessive fat INTAKE, but excessive fat PRODUCTION from excessive sugar/carb intake.