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Originally Posted by Boerseun
Seems we not only detect sweet, sour, salt and bitter, but we have receptors for a fifth flavour, called " umami".
This receptor picks up glutamates, and monosodium glutamate is added to food to tickle this particular tastebud.
This "taste" was proposed in 1908 and the existence of the receptors were confirmed in 2000. |
I cannot taste MSG.
The concept of
umani is foreign to me, yet i am allergic to MSG in high doses or when my immune system is 'down" or overloaded(?).
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This is not a Japanese phenomenon or anything strange
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The Japanese seem to handle it OK. Is their a genetic factor here?
