Article
Food Science & Technology
Gabriele Kavaliauskaite, Margaret Thibodeau, Rebecca Ford, Qian Yang
Summary: Distinct hedonic patterns of sweet taste liking have been recognized for more than half a century. However, current classification methods for Sweet Liking Status (SLS) lack consistency. This study used a large dataset and applied Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) and correlation matrices to classify SLS. Three distinct consumer clusters were identified: High Sweet Likers (HSL), Medium Sweet Likers (MSL), and Low Sweet Likers (LSL). A rapid three-solution method was also explored as a simplified and efficient way of classifying participants for SLS.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Rhiannon Mae Armitage, Vasiliki Iatridi, Chi Thanh Vi, Martin Richard Yeomans
Summary: Phenotypic differences in sweet liking specifically apply to high sweetness foods, and do not generalize to real-life consumption or liking for other taste qualities. Extreme sweet-likers rate liking for sweet and high fat-sugar foods significantly higher, while dislikers rate liking for bitter foods significantly lower. Frequency of consumption does not differ significantly between phenotypes.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Sze-Yen Tan, Caitlyn Hack, Cindy Yu, Isabella Rennick, James Ohanian, Marina Dezan, Nicole Mott, Rebecca Manibo, Robin M. Tucker
Summary: Individuals with diabetes may have decreased sensitivity to sweetness, leading to increased intake and difficulty in blood glucose management.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Martin R. Yeomans, Chi Vi, Narmeen Mohammed, Rhiannon M. Armitage
Summary: Past research has found distinct phenotypic differences in responses to sweet taste, but the origins of these differences are still unclear. One possibility is that the individual differences in sweet liking are a manifestation of differences in sensitivity to the bitter tastant PROP, which is also related to differences in food liking and preference. However, previous studies on the relationship between sweet liking and PROP tasting have had mixed results. This could be due to older studies using a more simplistic characterization of sweet likers, while recent research suggests three different sweet liking phenotypes. Overall, the data suggest that PROP tasting and sweet liking are not causally related, but the sweet dislikers phenotype may be partly explained by a broader tendency for anhedonia.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rebeca Fernandez-Carrion, Jose V. Sorli, Oscar Coltell, Eva C. Pascual, Carolina Ortega-Azorin, Rocio Barragan, Ignacio M. Gimenez-Alba, Andrea Alvarez-Sala, Montserrat Fito, Jose M. Ordovas, Dolores Corella
Summary: Sweet taste preference is strongly associated with sugary food liking in the population. An exploratory GWAS identified an interesting candidate gene related to sweet taste preference.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuta Yoshida, Misa Miyazaki, Yuhei Yajima, Atsushi Toyoda
Summary: This study utilized a mouse model to investigate the effects of psychosocial stress on peripheral taste-sensing systems, revealing that psychosocial stress can downregulate the mRNA levels of sweet and umami taste receptor subunits.
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Biological
Rhiannon M. Armitage, Vasiliki Iatridi, Martin R. Yeomans
Summary: Studies suggest that humans fall into three sweet-liking phenotypes: extreme sweet likers, moderate sweet likers, and sweet dislikers. Apart from increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in extreme sweet likers, there is no clear association between sweet liking and obesity, with some evidence suggesting that sweet dislikers may have slightly higher body fat.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Corinna M. Karl, Ana Vidakovic, Petra Pjevac, Bela Hausmann, Gerhard Schleining, Jakob P. Ley, David Berry, Joachim Hans, Martin Wendelin, Juergen Koenig, Veronika Somoza, Barbara Lieder
Summary: This study suggests that individual sweet taste impressions can affect salivary flow rate without changes in the complex viscosity of saliva. The composition of the oral microbiome is unrelated to changes in salivary characteristics.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
David Guedes, Marilia Prada, Margarida V. Garrido, Ines Caeiro, Carla Simoes, Elsa Lamy
Summary: This study investigated the effects of music on sweet taste perception, specifically on detection, recognition, and intensity ratings of sucrose solutions. The results suggest that the influence of music on sweet taste perception may vary depending on the specific parameter being measured.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Satoshi Fukuda, Naoyuki Murabe, Haruno Mizuta, Takashi Yamamoto, Takatoshi Nagai
Summary: Research on the lingual surface potential in humans found that sweet stimuli cause depolarization, while sour stimuli cause hyperpolarization, primarily due to liquid junction potentials. Therefore, when controlling for liquid junction potentials, the bioelectrical signal associated with sweet taste transduction is depolarizing.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jian Wang, Qing Yang, Jinling Han, Zidian He, Min Yang, Xiuping Wang, Xiaohu Lin
Summary: The study found that sweet maize showed differential responses to nicosulfuron stress in terms of sugar metabolism enzymes, starch metabolism enzymes, non-enzyme substances, and expression of key enzyme genes. Under nicosulfuron stress, compared with the nicosulfuron-tolerant line HK301, the nicosulfuron-sensitive line HK320 had significantly reduced stem and root dry matter accumulation, resulting in a lower root-to-shoot ratio. Additionally, the nicosulfuron stress significantly increased the sucrose, soluble sugar, and starch contents in leaves and roots of the nicosulfuron-tolerant line HK301, which may be related to enhanced carbohydrate metabolism and upregulation of sucrose transporter genes.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Jaime Figueroa, Carolina Valenzuela, Sergio A. Guzman-Pino
Summary: This study examined the effect of sucrose supplementation into maternal diets on the feeding behavior of post-weaning pigs. The results showed that pigs born from treated sows had a higher sucrose threshold and decreased intake of sucrose after weaning, indicating that the inclusion of sucrose in maternal diets may not be practical in pig production systems.
VETERINARY SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Catamo Eulalia, Navarini Luciano, Gasparini Paolo, Robino Antonietta
Summary: The study revealed that individuals' preferences for sweetened and unsweetened coffee are influenced by perceptions of caffeine bitterness and sweetness intensity, as well as by specific SNPs in bitter and sweet taste genes.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hengwu Jiao, Huan-Wang Xie, Libiao Zhang, Nima Zhuoma, Peihua Jiang, Huabin Zhao
Summary: Despite the high conservation of sweet taste receptor genes between frugivorous and insectivorous bats at the sequence level, there is a significant functional divergence, as evidenced by behavioral experiments and cell-based assays. Frugivorous bats exhibited a strong preference for natural sugars, while insectivorous bats did not, indicating a close relationship between the functional evolution of sweet taste receptors and diet. This study highlights the importance of combining different approaches in molecular evolutionary studies and cautions against relying solely on sequence conservation for inferring protein and physiological function.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Vinithra Ponnusamy, Gowtham Subramanian, Karthi Muthuswamy, Deepankumar Shanmugamprema, Vasanth Krishnan, Thirunavukkarasu Velusamy, Selvakumar Subramaniam
Summary: The present review examines the importance of taste sensation in making nutritionally important decisions and its relationship with altered taste sensitivity and genetic polymorphisms in obesity.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Keiko Asao, Laura N. McEwen, Joyce M. Lee, William H. Herman
JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
(2015)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Richard D. Semba, Luigi Ferrucci, Kai Sun, Eleanor Simonsick, Randi Turner, Iva Miljkovic, Tamara Harris, Ann V. Schwartz, Keiko Asao, Stephen Kritchevsky, Anne B. Newman
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2016)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Kristine Yaffe, Daniel Freimer, Honglei Chen, Keiko Asao, Andrea Rosso, Susan Rubin, Greg Tranah, Steve Cummings, Eleanor Simonsick
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano, Lesley Tinker, Joann E. Manson, Matthew Allison, Thomas Rohan, Oleg Zaslavsky, Molly E. Waring, Keiko Asao, Lorena Garcia, Milagros Rosal, Marian L. Neuhouser
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Keiko Asao, Amandine Sambira Marekani, Jessica VanCleave, Amy E. Rothberg
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Keiko Asao, Laura N. McEwen, Jesse C. Crosson, Beth Waitzfelder, William H. Herman
JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
(2014)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Keiko Asao, James Kaminski, Laura N. McEwen, Xiejian Wu, Joyce M. Lee, William H. Herman
JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
(2014)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shoji Kikui, Yirong Chen, Hiroshi Todaka, Keiko Asao, Kenji Adachi, Takao Takeshima
JOURNAL OF HEADACHE AND PAIN
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Geoffrey C. Kabat, Moonseong Heo, Matthew Allison, Karen C. Johnson, Gloria Y. F. Ho, Hilary A. Tindle, Keiko Asao, Michael J. LaMonte, Gary A. Giovino, Thomas E. Rohan
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2017)
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Patricia R. Peter, Peter H. Van Ness, Keiko Asao, Elsa S. Strotmeyer, Thomas M. Gill, Tamara B. Harris, Alka M. Kanaya, Ann V. Schwartz, Silvio E. Inzucchi, Kasia J. Lipska
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
K. Asao, A. E. Rothberg, L. Arcori, M. Kaur, C. E. Fowler, W. H. Herman
OBESITY SCIENCE & PRACTICE
(2016)
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Keiko Asao, Joyce M. Lee, Lei Wang, Mehmet Kocak, Laura N. Mcewen, William H. Herman, James E. Bailey
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
James Wrobel, Nidhi Talwar, Keiko Asao, Joshua Stein
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Keiko Asao, Jason Miller, Leann Arcori, Julie Lumeng, Theresa Han-Markey, William Herman