Female obesity and taste threshold value.

Onm-2: Obesity and Female Fertility

Background: Infertility & Obesity have often been linked among of reproductive age. Obesity results in an increased production of Estrogen and Androgen, these hormonal imbalances interfere with ovulation, which of course is the basis of successful conception. Obesity is a characteristic of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Obesity is linked to several health conditions, including cardiovascular...

Polyol Laxative Threshold Value

PTC taste threshold distributions and age in Mennonite populations.

A number of tlutlic* rrjwrt an impairment of the genetically inherited ability to taste ITC a.% a function of age. but ignore the cumulative effect of smoking on taste deterioration. Thi* «tudy examine* the effect of aging on taste sensitivity in nonsmoking: Mennonite population*. The results obtained preclude a cause and effect relationship between age and ITC taste sensitivity. These results ...

Gut Sweet Taste Receptors and How Sweeteners Contribute to Obesity

The gastrointestinal tract represents a sensory organ that responds to a large array of signals originating in the lumen [1]. “Molecular sensing by specific gastrointestinal cells plays a crucial role in the control of multiple fundamental functions including digestion, regulation of caloric intake, pancreatic insulin secretion, and metabolism, as well as protection from ingested harmful drugs ...

Female Mate Value

A fundamental assumption of adaptive explanations of female attractiveness is that bodily features that males judge as attractive reliably signal youthfulness, healthiness, and fertility or female mate value. One of the bodily features, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is a reliable indicator of a female’s reproductive age, sex hormone profi le, parity and risk for various diseases. Systematic variati...