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In a message dated 8/10/2006 2:43:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Docshiva@Docshiva.org writes:

> BTW, all the artificial sweeteners are way too bitter for me.  
>
> Stephen 
>
>  ...I'd be curious to know how many NAFEXers are "supertasters", the term
> used for people who have twice the normal number of taste buds.  You all can
> look it up, they tell how to count the actual taste buds in a small area to
> find out.  Apparently supertasters are extremely sensitive to bitterness...

 
Eat all my un-sweetened breakfast cereal w/o sugar. Enjoy bitter coffee, no sigar or cream. Don't like artifically sweetened soft drinks, bad aftertaste that most people seemingly don't detect.  

I've always liked most foods. Even liked army chow! This will bring a howl to some. Always believed I have poor tast buds and was the reason I liked foods that others complained about, wasn't really tasting it. 

These two statements don't coincide. Maybe extra insensitive tastebuds? 

Where do I look up the supertasters data?

Jerry