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TASTE BUDDIES: Why Bitter Tastes Better For Some

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Unraveling the Bitterness of Taste

This chapter explores the science of taste, focusing on the speaker's personal experience with bitterness and the genetic basis for taste perception. It discusses the evolutionary role of bitter flavors, their health benefits in self-medication, and introduces BitterPredict, a tool for assessing the bitterness of medications to improve pediatric adherence.

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