YOUR TASTE BUDS GROW BACK!!!

Did you freakin' know that your taste buds regenerate themselves? I mean, it makes sense right, because that's what your skin does, but I just never thought about it. Holy cow that's so freakin' cool.




"Taste buds are constantly regenerating. 
Taste buds go through a life cycle where they grow from basal cells into taste cells and then die and are sloughed away. According to Dr. Bartoshuk, their normal life cycle is anywhere from 10 days to two weeks. However, “burning your tongue on hot foods can also kill taste buds,” she says. “But they grow right back, which is why the ability to taste doesn’t diminish with age.” Though Dr. Bartoshuk notes that taste remains robust as we get older, the ability to taste bitterness does decline in women with the onset of menopause. Since, on a primal level, the ability to taste bitter may protect a pregnant woman’s baby, those receptors may stop working after a woman’s childbearing years are over because it is no longer a reproductive necessity."

Full Article: http://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-your-taste-buds-119709