Science news articles about 'sweet tooth'

  • Defending Dessert - Getting Your Sweet Tooth On Without The Weight Gain

    ... -focused culture, desserts often get a bad rap, but if you have a sweet tooth don't despair. Some can actually be beneficial. Desserts made with fruit, nature’s natural sweetener, are ...
  • Red pandas have a sweet tooth

    A threatened species native to the Himalayas is helping to shed light on how we taste sugary sweet foods — researchers have found that red pandas unexpectedly have a sweet tooth for aspartame.
  • Ants prefer salty snacks to sweet stuff

    Ants have less of a sweet tooth and more of a preference for salty snacks, at least when they live in salt-poor areas far from the ocean, a new study finds.
  • Children's sweet tooth explained

    A childhood love of sweet treats is associated with growth, a study suggests.
  • Red pandas reveal an unexpected (artificial) sweet tooth

    ... a similar structure to these sweeteners." The findings suggest that the receptor mechanisms for sweet taste are more complex than previously suspected. "This is the essence of molecular science," ...
  • Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets

    ... percent accuracy the full sweep of natural and artificial sweet substances, including 14 common sweeteners, ... easy-to-read color markers. This sensory "sweet-tooth" shows special promise as a simple ...
  • Sweet stuffed

    ... America's sweet tooth is growing. Like many other mammals, we are hooked on sugar because it is packed with energy and our bodies have evolved ways of encouraging us to consume more of it.
  • Life without TORC is 1 big struggle

    ... that are irresistibly attracted to overripe fruit – share more than a sweet tooth. Both rely on the same insulin-regulated molecular pathway to maintain their energy balance when starved for ...
  • Grossed out by holiday potlucks? Join the crowd

    ... , where friends and colleagues can share favorite recipes, savor an unusual dish or indulge a sweet tooth. But for some people, it's a minefield of food-poisoning bacteria waiting to wreak havoc. Los ...
  • The paradox of temptation

    ... a tradeoff of one kind or another, and with chocolates and other desserts it's a tradeoff between satisfying a sweet tooth and commitment to good nutrition. Although it seems intuitively obvious that ...
  • Turning down gene expression promotes nerve cell maintenance

    Anyone with a sweet tooth knows that too much of a good thing can lead to negative consequences. The same can be said about the signals that help maintain nerve cells, as demonstrated in a new study ...
  • Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall

    For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on to survive as it causes infection: glucose. Their discovery of Salmonella's weakness for sugar could ...
  • Salmonella Has a Sweet Tooth

    Salmonella bacteria require glucose to survive during infection, according to new research
  • American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- August 12, 2009

    ... #11 Advance toward an "electronic tongue" with a taste for sweets EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Monday, Aug. 17, 4 ... easy-to-read color markers. This sensory "sweet-tooth" shows special promise as a simple ...
  • Video: Candy Takes A Trip To The Future

    Mo Rocca follows the latest fads to discover what the future holds for America's sweet tooth.

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