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Article: Health Zone: The two minute test that predicts obesity; New research shows the number of taste buds can influence how much you eat. So will your tongue make you tubby?(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2001
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Byline: HEATHER BERESFORD
IMAGINE being able to look into a crystal ball and see whether you are going to pile on the pounds in years to come.
Nutrition experts have discovered a simple home test which can predict just that.
It works by estimating the number of taste buds on your tongue ... the fewer you have, the more likely you are to become obese.
Just wipe some blue food colouring (from any supermarket) over your tongue with a cotton bud. Taste buds will absorb the dye, so if your tongue only turns a pale, patchy blue it means you ...