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Isabel Herrera

FYI: Why Does Some Food Taste Bad To Some People And Good To Others? | Popular Science - 1 views

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popular science taste

shared by Isabel Herrera on 04 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • ARE YOU A SUPERTASTER? To find out, put blue food coloring on your tongue. Blue dye doesn't stick to taste papillae, so if your tongue doesn't get very blue, you're probably a supertaster. The bluer it gets, the greater the chance you are a subtaster. More hot sauce!
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 04 Nov 14
       
      If you want to find out if you're a super taster, then simply put food coloring on you tongue. Let's say you put blue food coloring on you're tongue. Blue coloring does not stick to your papillae so if your tongue doesn't get very blue, then you're a super taster but if your tongue gets very blue the you're a sub taster.
  • People who have a lot of papillae—the bumps on our tongue, most of which house our taste buds—often find flavors overwhelming. They're "supertasters," and as such they add cream to their coffee and order food mild instead of spicy. Subtasters, on the other hand, have low papillae density and prefer their chicken wings "atomic."
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 04 Nov 14
       
      People who have a lot of papillae normally finds flavors to be a little bit to much, that shows that you're a super taster. But when you're a sub taster you have a very low amount of papillae.  
  • Most toxic plants taste bitter, and nomadic groups that came into contact with a variety of plants would have, over time, developed a variety of receptors. People from malaria-infested parts of the world tend to carry a gene that makes them less sensitive to some bitter compounds, specifically those that contain cyanide.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 05 Nov 14
       
      People in the past, usually get to the point to eat poisonous food. But how will they know if it's poisonous??? Well once they taste it, they will find the taste very bitter. That would usually tell them that it's toxic.
Isabel Herrera

Yale Scientific Magazine - Does Sugar Really Make Children Hyper? - 0 views

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sugar

shared by Isabel Herrera on 03 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Years of oral tradition say yes, but modern science disagrees.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 03 Dec 14
       
      Parents around the world often say that sugar really causes kids to get hyper but real studies from scientists actually proves that it doesn't. 
  • Science first became interested in the link between sugar and hyperactivity when the Feingold Diet became popular in 1973. Devised by allergist Dr. Benjamin Feingold, it advocated the removal of food additives, such as dyes and artificial flavors, from children’s diets because they might lead to hyperactivity. Although this special diet did not originally mention sugar, sugar became grouped under the category of food additives due to the common belief that it affected behavior.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 03 Dec 14
       
      Scientists became interested in sugar and how it affects kids just when the diet turned popular in 1973. Allergist Dr Benjamin Feingold has been deciding to do the "removal" of food with color dye and artificial flavors from kids diets because they might get to the point of hyperactivity.
  • Through various experiments over the years, scientists have discovered that no substantial evidence exists to support the claim that sugar causes hyperactivity.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 03 Dec 14
       
      Even though scientists say that sugar does not cause hyperactivity, they still have no evidence for that.
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  • Nonetheless, other experiments show that sugar may at least influence behavior.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 03 Dec 14
       
      But others studies show that sugar might not affect hyper kids, but it may affect behavior 
  • Dr. Wesnes conducted a study in which he found that having a large amount of sugar for breakfast led to a severe deterioration of attention span when compared to having no breakfast or eating whole grain cereal. Dr. Tamborlane, also from Yale, reported that children given sugar had higher levels of adrenaline. A possible explanation for this effect is that since sugar is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, blood sugar rises quickly, which can lead to higher adrenaline levels and thus symptoms similar to those associated with hyperactivity. Furthermore, children with ADHD also tend to have higher levels of insulin.
    • Isabel Herrera
      Isabel Herrera on 04 Dec 14
       
      Dr Wesnes found that if a kid has a huge pile of sugar for breakfast it can cause them to not pay attention at anything. But if you have a whole grain breakfast you can be more concentrate more. Also Dr Tamborlane says that kids that eat alot of sugar have "higher levels of adrenaline. Another way to say this is that if you eat a lot of sugar all the sugar is absorbed to the "bloodstream" and blood sugar goes up quickly, that"s why kids can have higher levels of "adrenaline."
Regina Cantu

Why do people bully others at school? - 0 views

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Bullying

shared by Regina Cantu on 04 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Lack of attention from friends, parents or teachers can make a person bully you, just to feel popular and seen as ‘tough’ or ‘cool’ and in charge.
CLudio Villarreal

4 Parasites That Want To Invade Your Brain | Popular Science - 0 views

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Brain worm on humans

shared by CLudio Villarreal on 31 Oct 14 - No Cached
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      CLudio Villarreal on 07 Nov 14
       
      Paradoxically, using drugs to kill off the Loa loa larvae can be dangerous, because when large numbers of the larvae die in and around the brain, they can block capillaries and cause encephalopathy, a condition that can cause cognitive losses, memory problems, personality changes, and more.GROSS OMG!
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