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The secret of your food lies in the texture of your ‘tongue

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Speaking about the language, it is very important to clarify two or three things here. The explanation begins with the fact that neither the spoken language nor the language which is said to be so-and-so is going to be mentioned here.

So, sir, the question that comes to mind is, which language is going to be mentioned? So we are starting to mention the tongue that is in the human mouth, with the help of which we can find out what the taste of food is.

Initially, if one looks at the language of an individual, there is no significant difference between the languages.

However, 3D analysis of this complex and sophisticated organ has now revealed that it is a structure with characteristics as individual as our fingerprints.

The difference isn’t just in the number of papillae (the tiny ‘taste buds’ that hold onto food while chewing and tell the brain what the food you’re eating tastes like). is, rather, the fleshy proteins that cover their surface, but also in their shape.

“From one papilla, we were able to identify a person (out of a group of 15 participants) with 48 percent accuracy,” said Rina Andreeva, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and lead author of the study.

Analysis of a single papilla made it possible to predict a person’s gender and age with moderate accuracy of 67 to 75 percent.

Although the research is still ongoing, Andreeva said the study also found that ‘our study provides preliminary evidence that (languages) are very unique.’

This research, conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Leeds in England, has been published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports.

Differences in language structure

According to the researchers, differences in each language imprint may also be key to understanding why we like certain foods and reject or dislike others.

For example, people who have a higher number of ‘fungiform’ papillae, i.e. those that resemble mushrooms or mushrooms in shape and are mostly found on the edges and tip of the tongue, are those who have dark chocolate. Or don’t like lemons, because these people feel their flavors much more intensely than normal people.

But what also affects our perception of food are papillae that serve a mechanical function, and which allow the tongue to feel the texture and friction of what we eat.

For example, understanding why we prefer certain foods over others can be beneficial for those developing healthy food recipes.

“We think taste is very important, and that’s true, but the texture of food also gives us a pleasant feeling,” Andreeva says.

And what is the relationship between the individuality of each language and diseases? Is it possible to make a diagnosis by studying the shape and distribution of papillae?

“That’s something we’re going to investigate in the next step,” says Andreeva.

He adds that ‘when a person has, for example, an autoimmune disease (in which the human body cannot determine which cells in their body are their own and which are outside the body) ) suffers from what is called ‘Sjögren’s syndrome’ (a disease in which moisture is lost from the main parts of the human body, including the tongue), where a type of papillae (filiform papillae) are more flattened in shape.

While many things were clarified in this study, experts and researchers also believe that more studies and research are needed to know more about the structure of human language and the medical problems in the body with its help. With the help of such data can be collected which will be helpful in the researches in the coming days.

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