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I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.
There IS a BACON GENE! And ones for COFFEE and DARK CHOCOLATE, too!
It's so validating to realize that one's addictions are Biologically Determined.
17 Genes For Food Preferences Identified By Italian Researchers
Someone who insists you ought to like some food you hate has a different genetic variant and should stop trying to make you suffer.
The researchers undertook genome wide association studies (GWAS) to try to unravel the genetic basis for certain food preferences. 2311 Italian subjects participated in the discovery step, while 1755 from other European countries and from Central Asia were used in order to further verify the findings. They uncovered 17 independent genes related to liking for certain foods, including artichokes, bacon, coffee, chicory, dark chocolate, blue cheese, ice cream, liver, oil or butter on bread, orange juice, plain yoghurt, white wine and mushrooms. Surprisingly, none of the genes thus identified belonged to the category of taste or smell receptors....
FuturePundit: 17 Genes For Food Preferences Identified By Italian Researchers
There IS a BACON GENE! And ones for COFFEE and DARK CHOCOLATE, too!
It's so validating to realize that one's addictions are Biologically Determined.
17 Genes For Food Preferences Identified By Italian Researchers
Someone who insists you ought to like some food you hate has a different genetic variant and should stop trying to make you suffer.
The researchers undertook genome wide association studies (GWAS) to try to unravel the genetic basis for certain food preferences. 2311 Italian subjects participated in the discovery step, while 1755 from other European countries and from Central Asia were used in order to further verify the findings. They uncovered 17 independent genes related to liking for certain foods, including artichokes, bacon, coffee, chicory, dark chocolate, blue cheese, ice cream, liver, oil or butter on bread, orange juice, plain yoghurt, white wine and mushrooms. Surprisingly, none of the genes thus identified belonged to the category of taste or smell receptors....
FuturePundit: 17 Genes For Food Preferences Identified By Italian Researchers