Bitter Taste Sensitivity Related to Covid Outcomes
If you aren't already eating or taking bitters in this era of Covid, this article may just sway you to jump onto to bitter band-wagon.
Bitter super-tasters fared the best in this study in JAMA. Super-tasters were significantly less likely to test positive for Covid, be hospitalized, or to have symptoms hang around a long time.
A stronger taste sensation of bitter did better at protecting people from Covid by communicating a louder, bitter message to the brain.
Bitter flavor in nature is commonly associated with poisonous plants. Bitter is a warning sign against ingesting poison.
When the brain senses bitter, it stimulates an entire body-wide protective reaction, a large portion of which is related to the immune system. We see increased secretions (including bile) and stimulated emunctories - our pathways to get yuk out of the body. Translation: If your brain receives the signal that bitters just hit the tongue, a whole chorus of immune cells get rolling to fight off the offender and clean house.
Eating bitter foods and adding a little bitters on the tongue before every meal boosts this protective effect. But the bitter needs to be strong enough to be sensed by the brain. The bitter taste should linger on your tongue for 5-10 minutes. If not, your brain might get distracted by your yummy food.
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