Posted on 03/13/2005 12:46:44 PM PST by kingattax
POTSDAM - German researchers have located a gene that makes some people loathe cabbage and spinach in all their forms, and discovered that the same gene often protects people from obesity.
The German Institute for Food Research in Potsdam near Berlin said the gene makes some people extraordinarily sensitive to the bitter substances phenylthiocarbamid (PTC) and propylthiouracil (PROP). Most people swallow those substances with a smile.
The scientists, led by Wolfgang Meyerhof, investigated how the gene affects human taste receptor hTAS2R38. People who cannot taste PTC and PROP tended to eat fattier foods and become overweight, so a single gene ends up having a huge effect on eating behaviour.
The institute said the research was being published in the journal Current Biology
I can't wait till they discover the "eating cabbage gives me gas gene".
and people like F'n kerry said we "needed" the germans in iraq ???...LOL
But, but, I like spinach and hate cabbage. What is wrong with me? Do I need gene therapy?
LOL
cool.
That fact doesn't fit with the findings, I'm afraid we will have to ignore it.
This is interesting because propylthiouracil is a medication used to interfere with thyroid hormone. It is used to decrease the amount of throxine in the blood.
Did you say Throxine, now you've got my attention :)
I wonder if they’ll now gas the deviants.
Yes, but can you pronounce the names without getting tongue-tied?
GHWB must have the broccoli variant of this gene . . .
LOL
i think youre right :)
I am sorry : thyroxine...
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