What if you could “turn off” your vices, like overindulging on sweets or alcohol? Two new studies take the first step in just that. In the first study, researchers discovered how to override the brain’s normal response to different tastes, replacing “sweet” with “bitter,” for example.

Learn more about what the future holds for this research on taste, with the Scientific American:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-matter-of-taste-can-a-sweet-tooth-be-switched-off-in-the-brain/