This is a response to the previous person. If you want to be completely technical, there are really 7 taste sensations; bitter, sweet, sour, salty, umami, spicy, and mintly. The protein capsaicin activates pain and hot temp. receptors for spicy sensation and menthol activates cold temp. receptors for the sensation of minty.
I love your work. However, there are actually five tastes buds: bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and umami. Umami is a Japanese word for "savory". It was recently discovered by molecular evidence. Like sweet and bitter, it also works via a g-protein. From an evolutionary standpoint, it developed in order to get us to eat items that contain glutamate (which is why we like the taste of the MSG in certain foods). In other words, sugar is to sweet as glutamate is to umami.
Thank you so much. This really helps a lot!
(Med student in Rome, italy)
martaalessi9 1 month ago in playlist Altri video di WashingtonDeceit
u are the best shotgun, i always talk about ur stuff to the teachers and the professors and they enjoy ur descriptions and work aswell :)
mette9010 11 months ago
thank you! sir :)
orchid13329 1 year ago
Thank you very very much! (stud. at med. uni. Wuerzburg (Germany))
jannika144 1 year ago
taste blood lol haha
oDSSo 1 year ago
your videos help me a lot. i study biology at university of ljubljana. thanks
kailsan 2 years ago
This is a response to the previous person. If you want to be completely technical, there are really 7 taste sensations; bitter, sweet, sour, salty, umami, spicy, and mintly. The protein capsaicin activates pain and hot temp. receptors for spicy sensation and menthol activates cold temp. receptors for the sensation of minty.
j7526695 2 years ago
I love your work. However, there are actually five tastes buds: bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and umami. Umami is a Japanese word for "savory". It was recently discovered by molecular evidence. Like sweet and bitter, it also works via a g-protein. From an evolutionary standpoint, it developed in order to get us to eat items that contain glutamate (which is why we like the taste of the MSG in certain foods). In other words, sugar is to sweet as glutamate is to umami.
NaturesPocket 3 years ago
very possible, but often i make verbal boo-boos, when i play back these damn movies, and usually, the book is correct!
WashingtonDeceit 3 years ago
at first I was like ¿¿¿QUÉ???,
and then I googled,
and then I was like
oh shi-, my book got it all wrong!
kookoobabe 3 years ago
I love you.
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