The tongue is a complex multifunctional organ that interacts and senses both interoceptively
and exteroceptively. Although it is easily visible to almost all of us, it is relatively …

When it comes to food, one tempting substance is sugar. Although sweetness is detected by
the tongue, the desire to consume sugar arises from the gut. Even when sweet taste is …

The impact of sugary foods on public health has contributed to the development of low‐
sugar and sugar‐substituted products, and sugar reduction has become a major challenge …

Gut microbiota has emerged as a major metabolically active organ with critical functions in
both health and disease. The trillions of microorganisms hosted by the gastrointestinal tract …

Sweetness is the preferred taste of humans and many animals, likely because sugars are a
primary source of energy. In many mammals, sweet compounds are sensed in the tongue by …

Obesity results from a temporary or prolonged positive energy balance due to an alteration
in the homeostatic feedback of energy balance. Food, with its discriminative and hedonic …

The pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) involves immunological,
genetic and environmental factors. Through its ability to sense environmental stimuli, the …

For more than 50 years, there has been evidence for greater consumption of sweet-foods in
overweight humans and animals, relative to those that have a normal weight. Furthermore, it …

Taste perception and its association with nutrition and related diseases (type 2 diabetes,
obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular, etc.) are emerging fields of biomedicine. There …

Functional neuroimaging has become a widely used tool in obesity and eating disorder
research to explore the alterations in neurobiology that underlie overeating and binge eating …