Takashi Sasano, Shizuko Satoh-Kuriwada and Noriaki Shoji* SHORT REPORT Open Access The important role of umami taste in oral and overall health Takashi Sasano, Shizuko Satoh-Kuriwada and Noriaki Shoji* Abstract There is a close relationship between an individual’s perception of umami taste and that individual’s physical condition. Our newly developed umami taste sensitivity test revealed…
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Umami flavour as a means of regulating food intake and improving nutrition and health
Ole G Mouritsen Abstract Diet and lifestyle have an impact on the burden of ill health and non-communicable ailments such as cardiovascular disease (including hypertension), obesity, diabetes, cancer and certain mental illnesses. The consequences of malnutrition and critical unbalances in the diet with regard to sugar, salt and fat are becoming increasingly manifest in the…