WHAT HUMANS TASTE LIKE TO MOSQUITOES

According to research published Monday in the journal “Neuron”, U.S. researchers have discovered that human blood tastes like candy to mosquitoes. The study, from the Rockefeller University in New York, determined that we taste “salty and sweet” – like a salted caramel – to mosquitoes. What’s more, researchers say mosquitoes are able to detect a combination of at least four different substances in blood – similar to how a human tongue can differentiate between salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami flavors. Scientists hope that understanding mosquitoes’ taste buds will help them create medications that stop them from biting people and transmitting disease.
* Medications that will make our blood taste like Brussels sprouts.
* Yes, it’s true: we taste like Werther’s Originals, the candy grandma carries around in her purse.
* Mosquitoes think we taste “salty and sweet.” Is anybody going bother to verify this research? Didn’t think so.
* What’s “umami” flavor? I thought umami was a noodle dish from Thailand.