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NBey6 — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:01:58 GMT

<br />**************************************************<br /><br />I thought I was gonna fall outta my chair after she said, "It's like drinking urine." Very interesting choice of words!!!!!! ROFLMAO

Original Blog Entry: Drinking beer is like what?!

NBey6 — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:00:12 GMT

Being a supertaster is no piece of cake

By Diane Mapes

Being a supertaster may sound like a foodie s dream come true, but in reality, it s no picnic.

Coffee and alcohol are unpalatable along with tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, strawberries, condiments and most sweets.

I can t stand cake, says Michelle Triplett, a 31-year-old stay-at-home mom and supertaster from Olympia, Wash., who spoke, coincidentally, on her birthday. It s too sweet for me. And when I drink beer, I gag. It s like drinking urine.

Supertasters detect components like salt or bitterness -- in food that others can t, says Dr. Alan Hirsch, founder and neurological director of the Smell Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.

[Supertasters] have densities of taste buds that are 10 to 100 times greater than the normal population, he says. As a result, supertasters are much more sensitive to spicy foods and they can taste very mild flavors.

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