Vegetable intake (IMAGE) American Society for Nutrition Caption The researchers also observed that having a higher umami polygenic taste score, reflecting a higher genetic predisposition to perceive umami taste, was associated with eating less vegetables. Credit Julie E. Gervis, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC-ND Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.