Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...

Tucked away in north east Victoria, about 15 kilometres from Wodonga, a restored wetland is fast becoming a haven for native birds, frogs and in particular, turtles. Ryan's Lagoon sits within a 165 ...

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...

Experts weigh in on what’s actually possible. Ask Well Experts weigh in on what’s actually possible. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Simar Bajaj Simar Bajaj has been ...

Food aversion refers to a strong dislike or avoidance of specific foods that extends beyond typical food preferences. Unlike simple dislikes, food aversion involves intense negative reactions to ...

In Pixar’s “Ratatouille,” famously fearsome food critic Anton Ego declares, “If I don’t love it, I don’t swallow.” One bite is all it takes for him to grimace, or, in the film’s famous finale, to melt ...

There’s a lesson I once learned from a CEO—a leader admired not just for his strategic acumen but also for his unerring eye for quality. He’s renowned for respecting the creative people in his company ...

Some people aren’t chocolate lovers. Others can't stand the texture of fish. We asked experts to explain why some feel so strongly about foods other people love. Jumbo-sized chicken feet are a popular ...

Aversion therapy (AT) is a behavioral therapy that involves repeatedly pairing an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant experience with the goal of discouraging the undesirable behavior. Other names ...

In a new study published in the scientific journal Nature, scientists analyzed how animal brains learn to associate certain foods or flavors with becoming ill. When your stomach sends out distress ...