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  2. Palatability - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement of castor oil as a medicine by Scott & Bowne company, 19th century. Palatability (or palatableness) is the hedonic reward (which is pleasure of taste in this case) provided by foods or drinks that are agreeable to the "palate", which often varies relative to the homeostatic satisfaction of nutritional and/or water needs. [1]

  3. Hyperpalatable food - Wikipedia

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    Hyperpalatable foods have been shown to activate the reward regions of the brain, such as the hypothalamus, that influence food choices and eating behaviours. [7] When these foods are consumed, the neurons in the reward region become very active, creating highly positive feelings of pleasure so that people want to keep seeking these foods regularly.

  4. Snails as food - Wikipedia

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    Not all land snails are edible since many are too small—not worthwhile to prepare and cook—and the palatability of the flesh varies among species. From the genus Helix: Helix lucorum, European snail; Helix pomatia, Roman snail or Burgundy escargot, is the most consumed species in France; Helix salomonica; From the family Achatinidae:

  5. Hedonic hunger - Wikipedia

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    [4] [10] Specific research to determine what diet techniques would be most beneficial for those with an increased hedonic hunger would help people modify their immediate availability of food or its palatability. [3] For example, whole grain popcorn may be a better choice than potato chips due to a lower calorie load and an increased sense of ...

  6. Taste - Wikipedia

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    Taste bud. The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor). [1] Taste is the perception stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity, mostly on the tongue.

  7. Browsing (herbivory) - Wikipedia

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    This is one example of how overbrowsing can lead to the loss of reproductive individuals in a population, and a lack of recruitment of young plants. Plants also differ in their palatability to herbivores. At high densities of herbivores, plants that are highly selected as browse may be missing small and large individuals from the population. [18]

  8. Bliss point (food) - Wikipedia

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    Pioneering work on the bliss point was carried out by American market researcher and psychophysicist Howard Moskowitz, known for his successful work in product creation and optimization for foods ranging from spaghetti sauce to soft drinks. [1]

  9. Hunger (physiology) - Wikipedia

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    Opioid receptor-related processes in the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum affect the palatability of foods. [21] The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is the area of the brain that coordinates neurotransmitter, opioid and endocannabinoid signals to control feeding behaviour. The few important signalling molecules inside the NAc shell modulate the ...