Sensory perception affects health

    




Research on fruit flies showed that taste buds have a significant impact on life expectancy.

Scientists from the University of Michigan, Wayne State University and the Swiss Institute of biomedical research found that the suppression ability of the animal to feel the food, regardless of how much he actually eats, can significantly increase or reduce its life expectancy and promote healthy aging. Bitter foods can have a negative impact on lifespan, sweet taste has a positive influence, not the opportunity to try the water was the most significant factor — flies that could not feel the water lived 43% longer than other insects. The results show that in fruit flies, the loss of taste may cause physiological changes to help the body adapt to the perception.

Professor Scott Fletcher says: "This brings us further in understanding how sensory perception affects health. It turns out that taste buds are doing more than we think. At least in fruit flies taste can have a very strong influence on the physiological state and healthy ageing".

Source: nauka24news.ru/