Genetic variation in taste perception: does it have a role in healthy eating?

E Feeney, S O'brien, A Scannell, A Markey… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - cambridge.org
… Therefore, in conclusion, while genetic variation in taste perception does indeed appear to
have a small role in healthy eating, other factors such as age and gender are also important …

Genetic variation in putative salt taste receptors and salt taste perception in humans

AG Dias, D Rousseau, L Duizer, M Cockburn… - Chemical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… of genetic variation on human salt taste perception, the objective of this study was to determine
whether genetic variationtaste threshold and suprathreshold taste sensitivity in humans. …

Bitter, sweet, salty, sour and umami taste perception decreases with age: Sex-specific analysis, modulation by genetic variants and taste-preference associations in 18 …

R Barragán, O Coltell, O Portolés, EM Asensio, JV Sorlí… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
taste preferences and determined the polymorphisms of the genes taste 2 receptor member
38 (TAS2R38), taste … statistically significant decrease in taste perception (“total taste score”) …

Genetic background of taste perception, taste preferences, and its nutritional implications: a systematic review

J Diószegi, E Llanaj, R Ádány - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… , taste is one of the main factors that influence food choices. Differences in taste perception
and sensitivity may be explained by genetic … of other genetic variants and fat taste perception. …

Genetic and molecular basis of individual differences in human umami taste perception

N Shigemura, S Shirosaki, K Sanematsu, R Yoshida… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
… variations in human TAS1R1 and TAS1R3, and the functions of TAS1R1/TAS1R3 variants
using a … , and that genetic variation in this heterodimer directly affects umami taste sensitivity. …

Variation in the TAS1R2 Gene, Sweet Taste Perception and Intake of Sugars

AG Dias, KM Eny, M Cockburn, W Chiu, DE Nielsen… - Lifestyle …, 2015 - karger.com
genetic variation in TAS1R2 is associated with sucrose taste … BMI, genotype and taste
perception observed in the present … to increase sucrose and glucose taste thresholds, and higher …

Genetic variation in sensation affects food liking and intake

EL Feeney, L McGuinness, JE Hayes… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
… 2 years) on genetic differences in taste or odor perception, with … Early evidence for genetic
variation in taste came from a … some individuals, but had little or no taste for others [5]. Fox and …

The associations between genetics, salt taste perception and salt intake in young adults

L Pilic, NJ Lubasinski, M Berk, D Ward… - Food Quality and …, 2020 - Elsevier
… that genetic variants (rs239345 … genetic variations play a role in salt taste perception with
the TRPV1 rs8065080, for the first time, suggested as the variant not only affecting perception of …

Comparing sensory experiences across individuals: recent psychophysical advances illuminate genetic variation in taste perception

LM Bartoshuk - Chemical senses, 2000 - academic.oup.com
… of genetic variation in taste would not have … genetic variation has also contributed to the
development of the techniques. This review examines how the study of genetic variation in taste

Genetics of individual differences in bitter taste perception: lessons from the PTC gene

UK Kim, D Drayna - Clinical genetics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
taste perception and enable creation of comprehensive functional repertoires of each gene
… On a larger scale, the PTC gene may be illustrative of ancient genetic variation that has been …