Caffeine in colas: 'The Real Thing' isn't the taste
... Classic or Pepsi. The rest of the group couldn't taste the difference between caffeine-containing and caf...egular Coca-Cola a sign that they had reasonable taste sensitivity. Then, during the actual test sessions, subjects sipped from 50 cups of soda, a pair at...New treatment makes fruit juices safer
...asteurization has the effect of making fruit juice taste "slightly cooked," according to Marshall. Other alternative methods to pasteurization -- UV radiation, high pressure and pulsed electric fields -- also raise the temperature of the juice, but for a much shorter period of time. Using carbon dioxid...Scientists pinpoint mechanism for UV damage to rice plants
...ut Norin 1, an excellent breeding strain with good taste characteristics that was used to generate many commercially important strains in Japan, was shown by Jun Hidema of Japan's Tohoku University to be ultrasensitive to UV damage. This could become an even more serious problem as earth's UV-filtering ozo...Obese as likely as lean women to feel full on low energy density meals
... are used to, they feel hungry. Fat can make food taste good but it doesn't necessarily make you feel full... high fat ingredients. Differences in appearance, taste and texture of the entrees were hard to detect and the women reported that they liked the entrees ac...Just as you suspected: research shows a lot of things that taste bad are good for you
...n researcher showed, because these trace chemicals taste bitter, acrid or astringent the food industry has ...en it comes to phytonutrients, the demands of good taste and good health may be wholly incompatible. "Many people don't like to eat vegetables and the feel...Scientists track phosphate to better understand global warming
...sion, causing massive algae blooms that can affect taste and clarity of drinking water. Moreover, when algae die, thick pads sink to the bottom and oxidize, reducing dissolved oxygen and creating an environment inhospitable to fish. Too little phosphorus also is a problem. In old, weathered soils and in o...Natural selection for lactose tolerance
...corners of the world, some populations developed a taste for fresh milk as it became available through the domestication of animals. This event therefore provides a second, and more recent, stage at which to evaluate evolution at the lactase locus, and it allowed the researchers to find evidence that milk ...Avocados contain potent liver protectants
...versity in Shizuoka, Japan. "Besides offering taste and nutrition, avocados seem to improve liver health," says Kawagishi. "People should eat more of them." Five compounds appear to be active in reducing liver damage. Each was tested in rats with chemically induced liver injuries. The injuries re...UW researchers show that the human genome is helpless in the face of chocolate
...nd Community Medicine tried to find out if genetic taste markers might prevent some women from enjoying bit...l the women tested, regardless of their ability to taste bitterness, enjoyed chocolate. But the ones who were more sensitive to bitter flavors would drink l...Study finds pawpaw a tasty fat substitute in baked goods
...hed this week. Researchers asked 114 people to taste test three types of muffins a higher-fat recipe t...ercent fat in an apple but the study suggests its taste and texture may make it a better ingredient to use. "Fat does have a function in food," Duffrin...UC Davis science, engineering and technology newstips -- March
...pollinating the plants. But bumblebees also have a taste for nectar. The bees chew holes in the base of the flower to get at the nectar, and do not help pollinate the plants. Nectar-robbed plants are less likely to get pollinated and produce up to 50 percent less seed, said Irwin. Irwin simulated nectar r...Study of poisonous snakes boosts old Batesian principle of mimicry
...that over time, some animal and plant species that taste good to predators come to resemble other animals and plants that pose a danger to the hungry hunters. By evolving in that way, the good-tasting species develop an effective defense mechanism and are more likely to survive and reproduce. Altho......roup in Oregon found similar results in the worm's taste center, a system that is organized much like the taste system in humans.) The worm in question is C. elegans, or more elegantly, Caenorhabditis elegans, a ......t on longer than 18 hours without compromising the taste and aroma of the wine, Prof. Aviram added alcohol naturally obtained from wine to the squeezed grapes during the preparation process. This increased the flavonoids more than five-fold, making them as potent as the much greater amount found in red wi...UF researchers reverse metabolic disorder in mice
...al diet of medical food. It's a liquid and doesn't taste very good, and there's not much you can do to disguise the taste. "We're interested in advancing gene therapy because the potential is that a single treatment would last a lifetime or at least a significant number of years," said Laipis, a professo...New peach variety has strange shape and sweet taste
...u -- the peach has a firm texture and the sweetest taste this side of the Georgia state line. The UFO peach was created by adding a gene that creates extra-firm flesh to an existing saucer-shaped peach that has been popular in Asia for hundreds of years, said Wayne Sherman, a professor with UF's Instit...Wildlife officials to consider ban on caviar exports from major Caspian Sea nations
...aWeb. "We want consumers to know that it is in bad taste to eat the eggs of the endangered beluga sturgeon, which has survived since the time of dinosaurs. Consumers can help the fish survive for many years to come by choosing other good-tasting varieties that are better for the environment." Caviar Empto...Officials delay trade restrictions on Caspian Sea caviar
... than ever for consumers to know that it is in bad taste to eat the eggs of the endangered beluga sturgeon, which is an ancient fish that has survived since the time of dinosaurs," said Vikki Spruill, Executive Director of SeaWeb. "Consumers can help the fish survive for many years to come by choosing oth...Vegetable 'immune systems' protect better against food spoilage
...se of spices has a function other than making food taste good -- namely to help protect against more and more dangerous forms of foodborne microbes -- one thing was missing from their antimicrobial hypothesis. Now, the Cornell researchers have stirred in that missing ingredient, showing why vegetable-base...