According to an article called "Chicken, Egg, and Taste Buds" in The Huffington Post published by David Katz, M.D., there is a correlation between sensitivity of taste buds and obesity. Researchers came to a conclusion that there is a possibility that the sensitivity level in a human's taste bud is an explanation for the development of obesity. However, this statement cannot be validated, because the results were obtained from a cross-sectional study. In a cross-sectional study, researchers can be presented with information that portrays whether both A and B is founded in a person. Nevertheless, this study is not reliable when it deals with the concept of cause and effect. Therefore, the experiment is incapable to prove if obesity is the result of having low sensitivity in one's taste buds or if one has insensitive taste buds because of being obese; consequently numbing the taste buds by eating food that contains chemicals similar to monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a salt of the amino acid, Glutamic Acid. This case can be compared to the infamous quote, "Which one came first. The chicken or the egg?" A question that boggles one's mind and can never be answered with one "correct" explanation. Now, there is a new question for the people of this nation and/or world: Which one came first? Obesity or insensitive taste buds?
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Chicken or the Egg?
According to an article called "Chicken, Egg, and Taste Buds" in The Huffington Post published by David Katz, M.D., there is a correlation between sensitivity of taste buds and obesity. Researchers came to a conclusion that there is a possibility that the sensitivity level in a human's taste bud is an explanation for the development of obesity. However, this statement cannot be validated, because the results were obtained from a cross-sectional study. In a cross-sectional study, researchers can be presented with information that portrays whether both A and B is founded in a person. Nevertheless, this study is not reliable when it deals with the concept of cause and effect. Therefore, the experiment is incapable to prove if obesity is the result of having low sensitivity in one's taste buds or if one has insensitive taste buds because of being obese; consequently numbing the taste buds by eating food that contains chemicals similar to monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a salt of the amino acid, Glutamic Acid. This case can be compared to the infamous quote, "Which one came first. The chicken or the egg?" A question that boggles one's mind and can never be answered with one "correct" explanation. Now, there is a new question for the people of this nation and/or world: Which one came first? Obesity or insensitive taste buds?
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