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MEET YOUR TASTE BUDS you have about 10,000 of them, mostly concentrated on the top of your tongue. They can detect five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter – plus the more recently recognised umami. Certain areas on your tongue are more sensitive to specific flavours. At the tip of your tongue, for example, there’s a cluster of sweet and salty receptors.
Your taste buds play a key role in helping you enjoy or stay away from certain foods, which can be a problem when it comes to very fatty, sugary or salty foods. But you don’t have to accept everything they tell you – in fact, you can train them to help you eat more healthily.