TITLE: Obesity is associated with altered gene expression in human tastebuds CITATION & LINK: IntJ Obes. 2019; 43:1475-1484 AUTHORS: Nicholas Archer, Jan Shaw, Maeva Cochet-Broch, et al (4) REVIEWER: Robyn Flipse, MS, MA, RDN Objective To assess if there are underlying fundamental differences in the physiology of taste tissue between...
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ARTICLE: Decreasing the Consumption of Foods with Sugar Increases Their reinforcing Value: A Potential Barrier for Dietary Behavior Change AUTHORS: Flack KD, Ufholz K, Casperson S, Jahns L, Johnson L, Roemmich J SOURCE: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.2019;119(7):1099-1107 SUMMARY BY: Robyn Flipse, MS, MA, RDN February...
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ARTICLE: Brain activity and connectivity changes in response to nutritive natural sugars, non-nutritive natural sugar replacements and artificial sweeteners AUTHORS: Sze-Yen Tan and Robin M. Tucker SOURCE: Nutrients 2019, 11(1): 94. Published 2019 Jan 5 doi:10.3390/nu11010094 SUMMARY BY: Robyn Flipse, MS, MA, RDN December 23, 2019 INTRODUCTION There is abundant...
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ARTICLE: Brain activity and connectivity changes in response to nutritive natural sugars, non-nutritive natural sugar replacements and artificial sweeteners AUTHORS: van Opstal AM, Hafkemeijer A, van den Berg-Huysmans, Hoeksma M, Mulder TP, Pijl H, Rombouts SARB, van der Grond J SOURCE: Nutritional Neuroscience, Published online July 2019 https://doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2019.1639306 SUMMARY BY: Robyn Flipse, MS,...
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Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2018 Jul 30:1-11. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2018.1492522. Han P, Bagenna B, Fu M. Objective To review the current evidence regarding physiological responses relevant to sweet taste mechanisms and the impact on appetite control.Specifically, the review focuses on the type 1 member 2 (T1R2)/ type 1 member 3...
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STUDY: New insight into human sweet taste: a genome-wide association study of the perception and intake of sweet substances AUTHOR: Liang-Dar Huang, et al (13) QUESTION: Which genes are associated with the perception, liking, and consumption of sweet substances? SUMMARY BY: Robyn Flipse, MS, MA, RDN Objective Verify previous reported associations within genes...
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