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A new study found that taste-related genes may play a role in determining food choices that could influence cardiometabolic health. For example, the researchers found that having a higher bitter polygenic taste score, reflecting a higher genetic predisposition to perceive bitter taste, was associated with eating fewer whole grains.
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Julie E. Gervis, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
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