Bitter, Sweet, Salty, Sour and Umami Taste Perception Decreases with Age: Sex-Specific Analysis, Modulation by Genetic Variants and Taste-Preference Associations in 18 to 80 Year-Old Subjects

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 1539
• Main Authors: Barragán, Rocio, Coltell, Oscar, Portolés, Olga, Asensio, Eva M., Sorlí, José V., Ortega-Azorín, Carolina, González, José I., Sáiz, Carmen, Fernández-Carrión, Rebeca, Ordovas, Jose M., Corella, Dolores
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.10.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Aging - genetics; Aging - physiology; Aging - psychology; citric acid; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diet; DNA; Epidemiology; Epithelial Sodium Channels - genetics; epithelium; Female; Food; food choices; Food Preferences - psychology; Genes; genetic polymorphism; genetic variation; glutamic acid; Health care; Humans; Male; men; Middle Aged; Nutrition research; Obesity; Older people; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; Population; Preferences; Preventive medicine; propylthiouracil; Public health; Quality of life; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled - genetics; saltiness; Sex Factors; sodium channels; sodium chloride; sourness; sucrose; Taste; Taste Perception - genetics; Taste Perception - physiology; umami; women; Womens health; Young Adult; Spain; taste preferences; aging; taste perception; taste polymorphisms; sex

There is growing interest in relating taste perception to diet and healthy aging. However, there is still limited information on the influence of age, sex and genetics on taste acuity as well as on the relationship between taste perception and taste preferences. We have analysed the influence of age...