Cats Can't Taste Sweetness, Study Finds Some scientists have long suspected that cats, which are strict carnivores, are "sweet blind." Now there's proof: Cats lack the receptor for sweetness.

It excites the sweet taste cell, and that sends a signal to the brain, to particular centers of the central nervous system that respond to sweet. And we thought we knew how that worked. But it ...

If sweet taste receptors on your heart detect sugar, they may trigger the heart to beat harder or faster. This could help explain some of the body’s natural responses after eating.

The experience of taste is both essential and ephemeral. It’s the reliable bite of your morning coffee, and it’s the charred sweetness of your first campfire marshmallow, so deeply associated ...

Dogs, by contrast, can taste sweetness and umami. And both cats and dogs have bitter taste receptor genes, though cats have 12 (seven of which are functional) and dogs have 15.

Sweet taste liking. The body’s sensory systems detect myriad aspects of the environment, from light to heat to smell, but we aren’t attracted to all of them the way we are to sweetness.

You may experience a sweet taste in your mouth due to certain health conditions, including metabolic disorders, neurological problems, and viruses that affect your sense of smell, among others ...

Eat a fresh, steamed artichoke and then take a sip of water. The water will taste sweet. (It doesn’t work with pickled artichoke hearts.) What’s the science behind this, we wondered.

Last week, we had a little fun partying with* Miracle Fruit, which tricks your taste buds into thinking that sour things taste sweet. Tra-la-la! Isn’t life grand, all rose-colored glasses, when ...

Sweet taste liking. The body’s sensory systems detect myriad aspects of the environment, from light to heat to smell, but we aren’t attracted to all of them the way we are to sweetness.

If sweet taste receptors on your heart detect sugar, they may trigger the heart to beat harder or faster. This could help explain some of the body’s natural responses after eating.