Which is something to be thankful for, says Danielle Reed, Rawson's former colleague at Monell. Otherwise you'd be tasting things like bile and pancreatic enzymes. {Intestinal taste receptors are thought to trigger hormonal responses to molecules, such as salt and sugar, and defensive reactions-vomiting, diarrhea-to dangerous bitter items.}
Danielle Reed, a former colleague of Rawson at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, expressed gratitude for the way our taste perception works. If it weren't for the function of taste, we might find ourselves tasting unpleasant substances like bile and pancreatic enzymes, which would be quite undesirable.
Taste receptors in the intestines are believed to play crucial roles beyond merely identifying flavors. They are thought to initiate hormonal reactions to certain molecules, such as sugars and salts, and also trigger defensive mechanisms like vomiting or diarrhea in response to bitter and potentially harmful substances.
