Sentences with phrase «contain sweet taste receptors»

Taste buds at the tip of the tongue, whose medical term is «fungiform papillae,» contain sweet taste receptors, and past studies show that people with Type 2 diabetes have impaired sweet taste.

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18 Straight edge: The miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum), native to West Africa, contains a glycoprotein called miraculin that binds to taste receptors on the tongue and makes sour foods taste sweet.
Like stevia, aspartame stimulates sweet receptors on the taste buds without containing any sugar.
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