Tongue test identifies 'super-tasters'

[Don Giovanni]

Tongue test identifies 'super-tasters'

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Around 35% of women are super-tasters, compared with just 15% of men, US research has shown.

[wkl]

was this a recent study? i didn't see a date in the article.

i ask because i remember reading something very similiar a few years ago.

there was also mention that women generally have more taste buds to detect toxins in foods in order to keep their breast milk safe.

[wkl]

i now see the article is 4 years old.

[Don Giovanni]

was this a recent study? i didn't see a date in the article.

i ask because i remember reading something very similiar a few years ago.

there was also mention that women generally have more taste buds to detect toxins in foods in order to keep their breast milk safe.

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That part about women I never heard of that...I do know they can smell and taste better than men...