Chapter
Understanding Taste Receptors
1:16:07 - 1:24:04 (07:56)
Dogs, tigers, and bears have a much higher degree of sensitivity to savory things, but can't taste sweet things. Enhancing our ability to taste different component parts of food is possible by paying attention to what we are eating, due to the different taste receptors present in our tongue.
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The mouth is an amazing chemical sensing apparatus that triggers dopamine in response to good tastes, smells or flavours we experience.
1:16:07 - 1:16:52 (00:44)
Summary
The mouth is an amazing chemical sensing apparatus that triggers dopamine in response to good tastes, smells or flavours we experience. Surrounding the small bumps in the mouth are the papillae which provide the little dents and indentations which allow us to experience more surface area and thus, better taste.
ChapterUnderstanding Taste Receptors
EpisodeHow Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
PodcastHuberman Lab
The taste and smell system can be trained so that you can learn to easily differentiate the tones of different foods and beverages.
1:16:52 - 1:21:05 (04:13)
Summary
The taste and smell system can be trained so that you can learn to easily differentiate the tones of different foods and beverages. However, burning your tongue or experiencing infections may greatly reduce your sense of taste and smell due to loss of taste receptors or olfactory sensory neurons.
ChapterUnderstanding Taste Receptors
EpisodeHow Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
PodcastHuberman Lab
Animals that are herbivores have a higher tendency towards the sweet receptor while animals like tigers, bears, etc have a higher sensitivity towards the umami receptor.
1:21:05 - 1:24:04 (02:58)
Summary
Animals that are herbivores have a higher tendency towards the sweet receptor while animals like tigers, bears, etc have a higher sensitivity towards the umami receptor. Surprisingly, the savory umami flavor is very close to the receptor that detects sweet things.