Finding the Super Tasters | Horizon: The Truth about Taste | Earth Science

Counting tastebuds may seem like a tedious job to many, but to some it's driven by a passion for the science of taste.
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Horizon: The Truth about Taste
What if you could get that chocolate cake kick from eating a plate of beans? Taste is one of our most primal senses, intimately linked to pleasure and enjoyment, yet it is also one of the least understood. Horizon sets out to uncover what the newly emerging science of taste could do for us. Because if we can understand what happens in our brains from the moment food hits our tongues, we may find a way to make it easy to eat healthily.
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[@vancel35]

I wonder if it's a good indication of being a super taster if you don't like beer, coffee, or red wine because they're all too bitter...

[@madisonvlado3937]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@HellBrat]

@@madisonvlado3937 Mkay

[@ejmobiel]

I think so

[@Agenthoneydew33]

It would be true initially but peoples palates change as they get older

[@badnewsbruner]

​​​@@madisonvlado3937Brother, I am also a Christian, and this is not what God mean't by spreading the good news. Spamming random comments with John 3:16 is really annoying, and bothersome, and it gives evangelicals a bad name. Please find the right time to introduce people to scripture, instead of shoving it in randomly. I promise you will get better results if you are more tactful.

[@Violethaze28]

When I started my cooking journey, I felt certain spices would go well with certain vegetables intuitively, and we use lots of different spices in Indian cooking, sometimes more than what’s required really. Also I realised how excessive use of onion, ginger and garlic in every single Indian recipe overpowers the actual taste of vegetables and slowly numbs the taste buds depriving us of tasting the milder more nuanced underlying flavours of several dishes. I don’t think I am super taster, but after this video I am sure I have decent amount of taste buds and they help me with cooking. My family members tell me they could taste a lot more flavours in my cooking than general cooking and it gives me much happiness. The only downside is, I myself get easily overwhelmed by 🌶 chiilies, masala, sweet, salty and bitter is a nightmare, even if someone has used only an average amount. But on the positive note, having a sensitive taste & smell helps me detect unclean or potentially unhealthy food immediately, helps avoid stomach issues later.

[@lucidity4]

Parents too me to a Dr when I was a kid, because I hated everything. He told them if i got hungry enough, I would eat what was on my plate. The DR was wrong. I got so skinny someone called CPS. Turns out I'm a super taster. Kind of sucks sometimes. LOL

[@catsballs9657]

jesus 💀💀💀

[@buymefrommaxico8894]

Looks like BBC forgotten KZbin password

[@neetivardhan01]

Where u gone?

[@BrettBeamish]

My daughter from the moment she experienced the taste of meat refused it. She will only eat fruits, veggies and bread. She is about to be 4 now and is most certainly a vegetarian by choice. I wonder how her buds would stake up in this study. Interesting stuff!

[@laurawrld2097]

That was how I was growing up! Now I’m vegan and much happier!

[@play005517]

too many times children are said to be picky eaters only to find out later in life it was bad cooking. but the eating lifestyle has already been fixed during the critical age

[@Oakleaf700]

I have a very sensitive sense of smell...things like gas, I have smelled gas leaks when no one else can smell anything...Sure enough, when the gasman came out, he said ''yes, there is a very slight leak''.....Smells are almost unbearable at times... I don't like alcohol or bitterveg...Maybe I am a supertaster? Sprouts are not nice, and I can't bear chillis...love the look of them, but even mildest ones burn.

[@coughingpenguin4346]

took u 1 year for someone to like this comment. dont worry. I'm here now! your comment will be liked edit:8 months*

[@Oakleaf700]

@@coughingpenguin4346 Bless you, Pinguin, and now , look..You have only had to wait two hours for your comment to be liked! I bet you too have a very sensitive sense of smell/taste. 😂

[@izzysteez27]

No one that knows me would characterize me as a picky eater, but there are a handful of flavors that I haven’t been to “acquire” nor appreciate. I’m particular, the way that sprouts taste is something that I may never learn to appreciate, as it is far too unpleasant for my palette. But one thing that I cannot tolerate is meat that tastes “gamey.” Something about it makes me far too nauseated, leaving me susceptible to vomiting…

[@Oakleaf700]

@@izzysteez27 Sprouts and game! Yes..cannot abide those odours. Almost ''gassy''. Most unpleasant.

[@Oakleaf700]

@@sirid2987 My goodness.. They could have had an explosion. Well done for sensing it. I think gas is sent-less but they add a nasty chemical to it to make it smell.

[@AndWhyTho]

1 years ago, where.. did this channel go?

[@myownsite]

I really dislike bitter and can pick it up easily - but I do enjoy really spicy food. Though the latter has been a long process.

[@ktms1188]

When I was younger one of my friends ate a turd once and I thought to myself, this guy thinks out of the box, he's going somewhere.

[@JellyRiot]

what the crap

[@OPJuiceBox]

Is there things (habits) you should be avoiding if you’re a super taster? (Burning your tongue on hot food, biting your tongue, ect

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@fyre9123]

I like mildly spicy (I didn't even like black pepper until my late teens), really don't like sweet... sour IS SO SOUR, same with bitter. I loooove umami/savory, and normal levels of salt. So, I think I'm somewhere in between? Can anyone else kinda "taste" smells? My sense of smell is what's nuts. It's a blessing and a curse. I can smell spices, and gauge exactly what and how much to use without bothering to think about it. I can tell if something is off from a mile away, and notice smells others do not. I abhor cigarette smoke, and strong perfumes/colognes. The smell of Star Jasmine is nice... from 50ft away, any closer and I get a headache. It's a curse because my stomach is easily turned with gross smelling stuff (and ever since having my 1st child 2 yrs ago, I've retained the heightened "puke" reflex of morning sickness... yay).

[@j.harrison6744]

No one cares, Miss Self Obsessed.

[@z0mbiebanana9891]

So this channel just abandoned now...that's a shame

[@madisonvlado3937]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@ryanmondong9835]

when the world needed them most, they vanished

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@coughingpenguin4346]

1 year ago...

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@cambi-i7631]

Miss your vids :(

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@PopleBackyardFarm]

This is interesting

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@gautamr3098]

Is this channel still alive ?

[@yuvrajbhasha7654]

no lol

[@coughingpenguin4346]

yo

[@madisonvlado3937]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@HarryShadees]

No

[@smallisbeautiful2808]

Well, whoever is responsible for those horrible MSG-overloaded ham (or "Canadian bacon", as McDonald's calls it) slices in the Egg McMuffin must have EXTREMELY WEAK taste buds. I always have to ask them to substitute regular bacon whenever I order that breakfast sandwich.

[@joseenzigire2035]

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[@xSTTS]

why do I feel like I taste good "more" when I'm high? that's the real question

[@user-mm1xp4sh8r]

I can tell you were high writing this lol

[@Oakleaf700]

I hadn't seen your comment, but just now suggested to someone that he /she vaporised some cannabis to make food flavours taste exquisite again. Years ago I knew a man in his forties {he seemed ancient to me then} and he described how wonderful quite ordinary food tasted after he had partaken of cannabis..Probably Afghan hash in those days.

[@beli3ver]

Yeah, that's it. Idk why the same food tastes good after I'm high on cannabis

[@whereeveritgoes]

When I'm not called a proper Southeast Asian for hating durian, I try to tell them that different people have different tastes, but I never do that because people who judge someone like that based on food are too dumb to argue with.

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@sophroniel]

I did this and my tongue has so many papillae there's no space in between!

[@clarissepearlcano3034]

Why you stop youtube channel in 2020-???

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@calvinyip364]

Can you do Gordan Ramsay tongue? His taste buds is train. As well as the Michellen taster. Compare them with Normal people and super taster

[@xivix6710]

I enjoy the bitterness of espresso but dislikes spicy food as I can't handle the burning sensation

[@Kredeidi]

afaik the burn of spicy food is actual pain, not taste

[@Agenthoneydew33]

Lol most people can't handle burning from spicy food but it gives you a rush of dopamine when you eat it causing most people to continue with the torture.

[@PlumbyWhims]

My trying to find out if im a super taster so i have an excuse as to why u mask almost all my food with salt

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@ernied9190]

Sooo educational You’re the best thing since sliced bread

[@Sahaib3005]

Hello

[@Ballingcat420]

I was taught why in 8th grade 💀

[@astreetkidnameddesire4046]

I hate vegetables ... I MUST be a supertaster 🤣

[@AnkhInfinitus]

You joke, but it might be true.

[@dariusduesentrieb]

many vegetables are not bitter if you cook them right. (Or I may be a superuseless taster because I don't notice it lol)

[@AnkhInfinitus]

@@dariusduesentrieb I find that the opposite is true with vegetables like broccoli. It tastes a lot better uncooked.

[@arneljamilon308]

i hate vegetables not gonna lie

[@dapurmbakdi]

I don't like avocado, coffee, and eggplant. They're too bitter. Spicy foods? Nahhh. Just a lil bit spicy for me is enough.

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@dariusduesentrieb]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

[@Aasenzeng]

I might be a super taster😄

[@ashwanishahrawat4607]

IDK if i am a good taster, but i eat potato mostly. i can't eat any green, they are too intense in smell and flavor, and most of them are bitter like those deadly almonds.

[@zanahorowa6828]

Almost 1 mil

[@deeybanez9152]

Is one considered a supertaster if he/she finds bittercurd tastes sweet?

[@danielybanez5280]

@José Gabriel da Fonseca you mean a super taster ? Or if I taste sweet taste in bitter curd ?

[@calvinyip364]

I feel like I am a super taster I hate vegetables

[@Ekarma888]

I love spicy food🔥🔥🔥

[@theprofessor2129]

Spicy crunchy 😈

[@jetstrike]

Anywhere in the us to get tested. I am just curious about myself now

[@PRINCEZPhi]

im super taster

[@ideskorafael8020]

1

[@borey123xx9]

as a supertaster a small amount of spice is painful, yet most people enjoy spicy food. Only explanation is that they find it not nearly as painful, because most wouldnt purposefully subject themselves to it. Especially kids and women

[@arbiankamil2728]

i really want to know if cold sleep is possible......

[@ivankylokhan4904]

I wonder if super TASTER ARE CHUBBIER? You know?

[@tigersjk2558]

Is this channel only about eating and drinking? lol

[@rengurenge]

Most vegetables aren't bitter and taste can be changed by cooking or preparing them right.

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@Violet-Lily]

Did you understand what was said in the video?!

[@felixmerz6229]

Being able to taste the bitterness is a matter of genetics, not a matter of whether it's there or not. You won't be able to cloak bitterness from people producing the proteins necessary to taste it.

[@jah0oliah]

What is her favorite food

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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[@gamingspec-yp9ib]

mere our five senses are short lived we have to basically fool ourselves hence cleanse and repeat .... yet to no avail what progress are the minute details here where advanced technology comes in telemetry: -- data correlate produce ---- again 'data' mentioned here .:factoring in modal resiliency instead of mere bodily fatigues

[@loglad5394]

Eat

[@user-tj5hq7zm6y]

Lsd

[@sabo9932]

First viewer 😅

[@s101077]

Amazing achievement

[@sabo9932]

@@s101077 thanks 🤘

[@mounirmeziani]

اكوا عرب هنا نهههععع 😊❤💖💖💖💪💌💌💌

[@rustcohle3803]

Picky eaters= super tasters. I can't even like alcohol

[@mechamicro]

Same

[@Versuffe]

*same*

[@madisonvlado3937]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@beautyfulbodyandsoulchanne7726]

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